diff --git a/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58328a26638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, python, tcl, readline, file, cpio, beecrypt, unzip, neon, gnupg, libxml2, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "rpm-4.4.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://losser.labs.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/rpm-4.4.5.tar.gz;
+    #md5 = "e24ce468082479fe850c9d6563f56db5";
+    md5 = "3f277388b0486c6e8ce9b07fdf53993e";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [python tcl readline file cpio beecrypt unzip neon gnupg libxml2 perl];
+  configureFlags = "--without-python --with-selinux=no --without-lua";
+  patches = [./rpm-4.4.5-lua.patch ./rpm-4.4.5-beecrypt-include.patch ./rpm-4.4.5-neon-include.patch ./rpm-4.4.5-libxml2-include.patch];
+  inherit beecrypt neon libxml2;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.2-lua.patch b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.2-lua.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5841471c2e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.2-lua.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN rpm-4.4.2/Makefile.in rpm-4.4.2.new/Makefile.in
+--- rpm-4.4.2/Makefile.in	2005-07-17 16:58:58.000000000 +0200
++++ rpm-4.4.2.new/Makefile.in	2005-12-19 16:23:55.000000000 +0100
+@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
+ 	po/*.in po/*.po po/rpm.pot \
+ 	rpm.magic rpmpopt-$(VERSION) rpmqv.c rpm.c
+ 
+-SUBDIRS = intl po misc @WITH_ZLIB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_ELFUTILS_SUBDIR@ @WITH_MAGIC_SUBDIR@ @WITH_DB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_SQLITE3_SUBDIR@ @WITH_POPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_BEECRYPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_NEON_SUBDIR@ lua rpmio rpmdb lib build @WITH_PYTHON_SUBDIR@ tools scripts tests doc .
++SUBDIRS = intl po misc @WITH_ZLIB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_ELFUTILS_SUBDIR@ @WITH_MAGIC_SUBDIR@ @WITH_DB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_SQLITE3_SUBDIR@ @WITH_POPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_BEECRYPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_NEON_SUBDIR@ @WITH_LUA_SUBDIR@ rpmio rpmdb lib build @WITH_PYTHON_SUBDIR@ tools scripts tests doc .
+ INCLUDES = \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/build \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-beecrypt-include.patch b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-beecrypt-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b250973ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-beecrypt-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN rpm-4.4.5/configure rpm-4.4.5.new/configure
+--- rpm-4.4.5/configure	2005-12-13 15:19:03.000000000 +0100
++++ rpm-4.4.5.new/configure	2005-12-19 18:27:35.000000000 +0100
+@@ -25944,7 +25944,7 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ 
+-    WITH_BEECRYPT_INCLUDE="-I${includedir}/beecrypt"
++    WITH_BEECRYPT_INCLUDE="-I${beecrypt}/include/beecrypt"
+     WITH_BEECRYPT_LIB="-lbeecrypt"
+ 
+ fi
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-libxml2-include.patch b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-libxml2-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73f058fff6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-libxml2-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff -ruN rpm-4.4.5/tools/Makefile.in rpm-4.4.5.new/tools/Makefile.in
+--- rpm-4.4.5/tools/Makefile.in	2005-12-13 15:19:00.000000000 +0100
++++ rpm-4.4.5.new/tools/Makefile.in	2005-12-19 23:41:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -424,11 +424,11 @@
+ rpmsort_SOURCES = rpmsort.c
+ #rpmsort_LDFLAGS =	(staticLDFLAGS)
+ rpmtool_SOURCES = rpmtool.c rpmxp.c
+-rpmtool_CFLAGS = -I$(includedir)/libxml2
++rpmtool_CFLAGS = -I$(libxml2)/include/libxml2
+ #rpmtool_LDFLAGS =	$(staticLDFLAGS)
+ rpmtool_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lxml2
+ rpmxml_SOURCES = rpmxml.c # rpmxp.c
+-rpmxml_CFLAGS = -I$(includedir)/libxml2
++rpmxml_CFLAGS = -I$(libxml2)/include/libxml2
+ #rpmxml_LDFLAGS =	$(staticLDFLAGS)
+ rpmxml_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lxml2
+ all: all-am
+diff -ruN rpm-4.4.5/wnh/Makefile.in rpm-4.4.5.new/wnh/Makefile.in
+--- rpm-4.4.5/wnh/Makefile.in	2005-12-13 15:19:00.000000000 +0100
++++ rpm-4.4.5.new/wnh/Makefile.in	2005-12-19 23:42:13.000000000 +0100
+@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/rpmio \
+ 	@WITH_BEECRYPT_INCLUDE@ \
+ 	@WITH_POPT_INCLUDE@ \
+-	-I$(includedir)/libxml2 \
++	-I$(libxml2)/include/libxml2 \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/misc \
+ 	@INCPATH@
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-lua.patch b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-lua.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54687634a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-lua.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN rpm-4.4.5/Makefile.in rpm-4.4.5.new/Makefile.in
+--- rpm-4.4.5/Makefile.in	2005-12-13 15:19:01.000000000 +0100
++++ rpm-4.4.5.new/Makefile.in	2005-12-19 17:54:34.000000000 +0100
+@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
+ 	po/*.in po/*.po po/rpm.pot \
+ 	rpm.magic rpmpopt-$(VERSION) rpmqv.c rpm.c
+ 
+-SUBDIRS = intl po misc @WITH_ZLIB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_ELFUTILS_SUBDIR@ @WITH_MAGIC_SUBDIR@ @WITH_DB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_SQLITE3_SUBDIR@ @WITH_POPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_BEECRYPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_NEON_SUBDIR@ lua rpmio rpmdb lib build @WITH_PYTHON_SUBDIR@ @WITH_PERL_SUBDIR@ tools scripts tests doc .
++SUBDIRS = intl po misc @WITH_ZLIB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_ELFUTILS_SUBDIR@ @WITH_MAGIC_SUBDIR@ @WITH_DB_SUBDIR@ @WITH_SQLITE3_SUBDIR@ @WITH_POPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_BEECRYPT_SUBDIR@ @WITH_NEON_SUBDIR@ @WITH_LUA_SUBDIR@ rpmio rpmdb lib build @WITH_PYTHON_SUBDIR@ @WITH_PERL_SUBDIR@ tools scripts tests doc .
+ INCLUDES = \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/build \
+ 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-neon-include.patch b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-neon-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97aae1c4662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/package-management/rpm/rpm-4.4.5-neon-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -ruN rpm-4.4.5/configure rpm-4.4.5.new/configure
+--- rpm-4.4.5/configure	2005-12-13 15:19:03.000000000 +0100
++++ rpm-4.4.5.new/configure	2005-12-20 00:40:06.000000000 +0100
+@@ -26333,8 +26333,8 @@
+ 
+ fi
+ 
+-    WITH_NEON_INCLUDE="-I${includedir}/neon"
+-    WITH_NEON_LIB="-lneon"
++    WITH_NEON_INCLUDE="-I${neon}/include/neon"
++    WITH_NEON_LIB="-L${neon}/lib -lneon"
+ 
+ fi
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 1ee996104a3..682cc5a159a 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1554,6 +1554,10 @@ rec {
     };
   };
 
+  rpm = (import ../applications/package-management/rpm) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv python tcl readline file cpio beecrypt unzip neon gnupg libxml2 perl;
+  };
+
   cvs = (import ../applications/version-management/cvs) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv vim;
   };