diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/texlive/moderncv.nix b/pkgs/misc/tex/texlive/moderncv.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3bd7aa29c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/texlive/moderncv.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+args: with args;
+rec {
+  name = "moderncv-2007.05.28";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv.zip";
+    sha256 = "d479141e9ae6dad745b03af47541b1bf7d312613de42bb7984eb4b556854cb51";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [texLive unzip];
+  phaseNames = ["doCopy"];
+  doCopy = fullDepEntry (''
+    ensureDir $out/share
+    cp -r texmf* $out/
+    ln -s $out/texmf* $out/share
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir" "addInputs"];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Extra components for TeXLive";
+    maintainers = [ args.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+
+    # Actually, arch-independent..
+    platforms = [] ;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d5aa8e0fb6..95deda799b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8113,6 +8113,10 @@ let
     inherit texLiveLatexXColor texLivePGF texLive;
   };
 
+  texLiveModerncv = builderDefsPackage (import ../misc/tex/texlive/moderncv.nix) {
+    inherit texLive;
+  };
+
   trac = callPackage ../misc/trac {
     inherit (pythonPackages) pysqlite;
   };