diff --git a/pkgs/test/hsqldb/builder.sh b/pkgs/test/hsqldb/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2f146a52348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/hsqldb/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+unzip $src
+cd hsqldb*
+ensureDir $out
+cp -R * $out/
diff --git a/pkgs/test/hsqldb/default.nix b/pkgs/test/hsqldb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b7a6d8b323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/test/hsqldb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "hsqldb-1.8.0.7";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/hsqldb/hsqldb_1_8_0_7.zip;
+    sha256 = "c35fe3c40fba7596e14c096cd0f3f8b70ac46610da7c5878a0ead6b454f5009c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip
+  ];
+  
+}