diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hal/synaptics.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hal/synaptics.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..882f7613789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hal/synaptics.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "hal-info-synaptics";
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/hal/fdi/information/15-osvendor/
+    cat << EOF > $out/share/hal/fdi/information/15-osvendor/10-x11-synaptics.fdi
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+       <deviceinfo version="0.2">
+           <device>
+               <match key="info.product" contains="Synaptics TouchPad">
+                   <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">synaptics</merge>
+                   <merge key="input.x11_options.AlwaysCore" type="string">true</merge>
+                   <merge key="input.x11_options.Protocol" type="string">event</merge>
+               </match>
+           </device>
+       </deviceinfo>
+EOF
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f5723268ad7..6f75deb89c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2498,8 +2498,6 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv sqlite ruby ;
   };
 
-  scsh = import ../development/interpreters/scsh { inherit stdenv fetchurl; };
-
   spidermonkey = import ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv readline;
   };
@@ -5339,6 +5337,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig;
   };
 
+  hal_info_synaptics = import ../os-specific/linux/hal/synaptics.nix {
+    inherit stdenv;
+  };
+
   hdparm = import ../os-specific/linux/hdparm {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };