diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cabextract/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cabextract/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8c214c598c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cabextract/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cabextract-1.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/downloads/cabextract-1.1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "f4b729c0be7d288660f4fc167de199a1";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ce650c86c8..51d037aa13f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ rec {
       inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     });
 
+  cabextract = import ../tools/archivers/cabextract {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   gnutarDiet = (import ../tools/archivers/gnutar-diet) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv dietgcc;
   };