diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default8.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default8.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ca251026ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default8.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "saxonb-8.0";
+  builder = ./unzip-builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/saxon/saxonb8-0.zip;
+    md5 = "d05fbd398847ef27b2d1d875bb5136ea";
+  };
+
+  inherit unzip;
+  buildInputs = [unzip];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 06c01c65833..9ecc2c515cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
   };
 
+  saxonb = (import ../development/libraries/java/saxon/default8.nix) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
+  };
+
   sharedobjects = (import ../development/libraries/java/shared-objects) {
     j2sdk = j2sdk15;
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;