diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1188a5fc502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, m4}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bison-2.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/bison/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0c9sv03wsqnqc7wfpa51yc9yy1i3kdgsrjg7qchx0sk8zr11cvqf";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [m4];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNU Bison, a Yacc-compatible parser generator";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts an
+      annotated context-free grammar into an LALR(1) or GLR parser for
+      that grammar.  Once you are proficient with Bison, you can use
+      it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used
+      in simple desk calculators to complex programming languages.
+
+      Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc
+      grammars ought to work with Bison with no change.  Anyone
+      familiar with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little
+      trouble.  You need to be fluent in C or C++ programming in order
+      to use Bison.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/;
+
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+  };
+} // {
+  glrSupport = true;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5f64dfcc216..3a1e7db3f75 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2207,6 +2207,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv m4;
   };
 
+  bison24 = import ../development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.4.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv m4;
+  };
+
   buildbot = import ../development/tools/build-managers/buildbot {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python twisted makeWrapper;
   };