diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/pgfplots/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/pgfplots/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc47244a5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/pgfplots/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pgfplots-1.5.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/pgfplots/pgfplots_1.5.1.tds.zip;
+    sha256 = "1xajrmq35i0qlsfwydy5zzg6f1jg88hqqh5b3xsmglzrarnllbdi";
+  };
+  
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+  
+  unpackPhase = "unzip $src";
+  
+  buildPhase = "true";
+  
+  installPhase = "
+    ensureDir $out/share/texmf-nix
+    cp -prd * $out/share/texmf-nix
+  ";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dc356d92b40..cfc82620393 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8513,6 +8513,8 @@ let
   pgf1 = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/pgf/1.x.nix { };
 
   pgf2 = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/pgf/2.x.nix { };
+  
+  pgfplots = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/pgfplots { };
 
   pjsip = callPackage ../applications/networking/pjsip { };