diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e2afe08299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+prefix=$out
+
+configurePhase() {
+ echo ;
+}
+
+configurePhase=configurePhase
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/cdrtools-2.01-install.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/cdrtools-2.01-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8d93d36998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/cdrtools-2.01-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -ruN cdrtools-2.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux cdrtools-2.01.new/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux
+--- cdrtools-2.01/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2003-02-16 01:01:48.000000000 +0100
++++ cdrtools-2.01.new/DEFAULTS/Defaults.linux	2005-08-30 21:13:55.000000000 +0200
+@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
+ # Installation config stuff
+ #
+ ###########################################################################
+-INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
++#INS_BASE=	/opt/schily
++INS_BASE=	$(out)
+ INS_KBASE=	/
+ #
+ DEFUMASK=	002
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c00e13c59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cdrtools-2.01";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/cdrtools-2.01.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "d44a81460e97ae02931c31188fe8d3fd";
+  };
+  patches = [./cdrtools-2.01-install.patch];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 108040fc800..163fcd12a12 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1413,6 +1413,10 @@ rec {
     gtksharp = gtksharp1;
   };
 
+  cdrtools = (import ../applications/misc/cdrtools) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   hello = (import ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
   };