diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d636e55f337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "alsa-firmware-1.0.29";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls = [
+      "ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/${name}.tar.bz2"
+      "http://alsa.cybermirror.org/firmware/${name}.tar.bz2"
+    ];
+    sha256 = "0gfcyj5anckjn030wcxx5v2xk2s219nyf99s9m833275b5wz2piw";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = ''
+    --with-hotplug-dir=$(out)/lib/firmware
+  '';
+
+  dontStrip = true;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # These are lifted from the Arch PKGBUILD
+    # remove files which conflicts with linux-firmware
+    rm -rf $out/lib/firmware/{ct{efx,speq}.bin,ess,korg,sb16,yamaha}
+    # remove broken symlinks (broken upstream)
+    rm -rf $out/lib/firmware/turtlebeach
+    # remove empty dir
+    rm -rf $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page;
+    longDescription = "
+      Soundcard firmwares from the alsa project.
+    ";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 393bb2ef68f..e13fa1e0871 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8551,6 +8551,8 @@ let
 
   alienfx = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/alienfx { };
 
+  alsaFirmware = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/alsa-firmware { };
+
   alsaLib = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/alsa-lib { };
 
   alsaPlugins = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/alsa-plugins {