diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/axis/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/axis/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d979eb9d803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/axis/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+mkdir -p $out
+unpackPhase
+mv $directory/* $out
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/axis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/axis/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2c466009d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/axis/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+	name = "axis-1.3";
+	directory = "axis-1_3";
+	builder = ./builder.sh;
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = "http://apache.cs.uu.nl/dist/ws/axis/1_3/axis-bin-1_3.tar.gz";
+		md5 = "dd8203f08c37872f4fd2bfb45c4bfe04";
+	};
+	inherit stdenv;
+}