diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-diet/configure-cxxcpp.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-diet/configure-cxxcpp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b8bc85cb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-diet/configure-cxxcpp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -ruN curl-7.12.2/configure curl-7.12.2-new/configure
+--- curl-7.12.2/configure	2004-10-18 00:22:10.000000000 +0200
++++ curl-7.12.2-new/configure	2004-12-09 13:58:57.670095179 +0100
+@@ -6835,11 +6835,12 @@
+ if $ac_preproc_ok; then
+   :
+ else
+-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
+-See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
+-echo "$as_me: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
+-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
+-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
++  #{ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
++#See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
++#echo "$as_me: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
++#See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
++   #{ (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
++  :
+ fi
+ 
+ ac_ext=cc
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-diet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-diet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce8623c4d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/curl-diet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, sslSupport ? false, openssl ? null, dietgcc}:
+
+assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "curl-7.14.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.14.1.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "8b8723f3c0e7acfb30c5215e6cffde32";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [zlib (if sslSupport then openssl else null)];
+  patches = [./configure-cxxcpp.patch];
+  #configureFlags = (if sslSupport then "--with-ssl" else "--without-ssl");
+  configureFlags = "--enable-shared=no" + (if sslSupport then "--with-ssl" else "--without-ssl");
+  NIX_GCC = dietgcc;
+  NIX_GLIBC_FLAGS_SET=1;
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-D_BSD_SOURCE=1 -DHAVE_INET_NTOA_R_2_ARGS=1";
+}