diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2a7ca53728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, texinfo, ncurses, readline, zlib, lzo, openssl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.1pre78bf82c";
+  name = "tinc-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://tinc-vpn.org/tinc";
+    rev = "78bf82cf332327889f0f61388b73053850d8e59b";
+    sha256 = "0azjy78qrzpk16b5jm08kx01ln2j9q0q69g86ah60fms525w1xjk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook texinfo ncurses readline zlib lzo openssl ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+    "--localstatedir=/var"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "VPN daemon with full mesh routing";
+    longDescription = ''
+      tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and
+      encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the
+      Internet.  It features full mesh routing, as well as encryption,
+      authentication, compression and ethernet bridging.
+    '';
+    homepage="http://www.tinc-vpn.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 05c9d695bc2..eee5ed3d9b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2260,6 +2260,8 @@ let
 
   tinc = callPackage ../tools/networking/tinc { };
 
+  tinc_pre = callPackage ../tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix { };
+
   tiny8086 = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/8086tiny { };
 
   tmpwatch = callPackage ../tools/misc/tmpwatch  { };