diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89872548aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{stdenv, fetchgit, automake, autoconf, zlib, pciutils}:
+let
+  version = "0.5.1";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "biosdevname-${version}";
+  
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = git://linux.dell.com/biosdevname.git;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0qmgfyqv13qwh86140q0qdjxys76arg2d1slyvijx6r314ca4r7z";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    automake
+    autoconf
+    zlib
+    pciutils
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    autoreconf -i
+  '';
+
+  # Don't install /lib/udev/rules.d/*-biosdevname.rules
+  patches = [ ./makefile.patch ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--sbindir=\${out}/bin" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Udev helper for naming devices per BIOS names";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/makefile.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fc083f9096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 14d9a92..9e324d2 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ dist_noinst_DATA = biosdevname.rules.in biosdevname.spec.fedora biosdevname.spec
+ 
+ CLEANFILES = version src/bios_dev_name.h
+ install-data-local:
+-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)@RULEDIR@
+-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_srcdir)/biosdevname.rules.in $(DESTDIR)@RULEDEST@
+ 
+ uninstall-local:
+ 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)@RULEDEST@
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 455e0ccb9a3..ea446427fb2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ let
 
   usb_modeswitch = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/usb-modeswitch { };
 
+  biosdevname = callPackage ../tools/networking/biosdevname { };
+
   clamav = callPackage ../tools/security/clamav { };
 
   cloc = callPackage ../tools/misc/cloc {