diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/httpfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/httpfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afa4be345a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/httpfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, fuse, openssl, asciidoc
+, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl , libxml2, libxslt }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "httpfs2-0.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/httpfs/httpfs2/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vlp6i119lz4ybnrd26hvvwms3h5d7x3jly5nzyyfcw24ngvpk7p";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ pkgconfig fuse openssl
+      asciidoc docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxml2 libxslt
+    ];
+
+  installPhase =
+    '' ensureDir "$out/bin"
+       cp -v httpfs2 "$out/bin"
+
+       ensureDir "$out/share/man/man1"
+       cp -v *.1 "$out/share/man/man1"
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "HTTPFS2, a FUSE-based HTTP file system for Linux";
+
+    homepage = http://httpfs.sourceforge.net/;
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04c8f1c8023..902cbb04825 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -959,6 +959,11 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  httpfs2 = import ../tools/filesystems/httpfs {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig fuse openssl
+      asciidoc docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxml2 libxslt;
+  };
+
   iasl = import ../development/compilers/iasl {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv bison flex;
   };