diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index f5b90f5bbf8..af650798ef1 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  enscript = (import ../tools/text/enscript) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   ed = (import ../tools/text/ed) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
index b748fc3d739..9f948f29f80 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let {
       pkgs.gnused
       pkgs.gnugrep
       pkgs.gawk
+      pkgs.enscript
       pkgs.gnutar
       pkgs.zip
       pkgs.unzip
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/enscript/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/enscript/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67dc4302d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/enscript/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "enscript-1.6.4";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.iki.fi/mtr/genscript/enscript-1.6.4.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "b5174b59e4a050fb462af5dbf28ebba3";
+  };
+}