diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/amd-ucode/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/amd-ucode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..685b44a1651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/amd-ucode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "amd-ucode-2012-01-17";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.amd64.org/pub/microcode/${name}.tar";
+    sha256 = "0mqnbs87khv6p874cbyf9nb8i4gc592ws67lyzhc4chmwvc9ln47";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/amd-ucode
+    mv microcode_amd_fam15h.bin microcode_amd.bin $out/amd-ucode/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "AMD Processor Microcode Patch";
+    homepage = "http://www.amd64.org/support/microcode.html";
+    license = "non-free";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 09705cfc9fe..05ce9611eb7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5320,6 +5320,8 @@ let
 
   afuse = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/afuse { };
 
+  amdUcode = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/amd-ucode { };
+
   autofs5 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/autofs/autofs-v5.nix { };
 
   _915resolution = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/915resolution { };