diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
index fc67035ce20..297883ecd0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/avahi/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 assert qt4Support -> qt4 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "avahi-${version}";
+  name = "avahi${stdenv.lib.optionalString withLibdnssdCompat "-compat"}-${version}";
   version = "0.7";
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1e833f3d400..e80174c2e84 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -847,6 +847,10 @@ in
 
   avahi = callPackage ../development/libraries/avahi (config.avahi or {});
 
+  avahi-compat = callPackage ../development/libraries/avahi ((config.avahi or {}) // {
+    withLibdnssdCompat = true;
+  });
+
   avro-c = callPackage ../development/libraries/avro-c { };
 
   avro-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/avro-c++ { boost = boost160; };