diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde/kdelibs/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde/kdelibs/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..353ee12d6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde/kdelibs/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+configureFlags="\
+  --without-arts \
+  --with-ssl-dir=$openssl \
+  --x-includes=$libX11/include \
+  --x-libraries=$libX11/lib"
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde/kdelibs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde/kdelibs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..841d49bd3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde/kdelibs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXt, libXext, zlib, perl, qt, openssl, pcre,
+ pkgconfig, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, libxml2, libxslt, libtool, expat}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "kdelibs-3.4.3";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.tiscali.nl/pub/mirrors/kde/stable/3.4.3/src/kdelibs-3.4.3.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "0cd7c0c8a81e5d11b91b407a4aaaf3ff";
+  };
+
+  inherit openssl libX11;
+  buildInputs = [
+    libX11 libXt libXext zlib perl qt openssl pcre 
+    pkgconfig libjpeg libpng libtiff libxml2 libxslt expat libtool
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 1d5e28f8581..6eeb4c99d0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -865,6 +865,12 @@ rec {
     inherit (xlibs) libXft libXrender;
   };
 
+  kdelibs = import ../development/libraries/kde/kdelibs {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib perl openssl pcre  pkgconfig libjpeg libpng libtiff libxml2 libxslt libtool expat;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXt libXext;
+    qt = qt3;
+  };
+
   gtksharp1 = (import ../development/libraries/gtk-sharp-1) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv mono pkgconfig libxml2 monoDLLFixer;
     inherit (gnome) gtk glib pango libglade libgtkhtml gtkhtml