diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/wdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/wdiff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da1ff92add3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/wdiff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wdiff-0.5.95";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/wdiff/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1rha2x8b6i0gk9s2gp61x4acakkx5q9ar1k54x9grmgr6w7fzd97";
+  };
+  
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/;
+    description = "A front-end to diff for comparing files on a word per word basis";
+    license = "GPLv3";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6545674a7de..1ec13e701f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1778,6 +1778,10 @@ let
     inherit stdenv fetchurl neon fuse pkgconfig glib;
   };
 
+  wdiff = import ../tools/text/wdiff {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   webalizer = import ../tools/networking/webalizer {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl zlib libpng gd db4 geoip;
   };