diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql5/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql5/default.nix
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+{stdenv, fetchurl, ps, ncurses, zlib ? null, perl}:
+
+# Note: zlib is not required; MySQL can use an internal zlib.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mysql-5.0.45";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.0/mysql-5.0.45.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "e4443d8dc859ed53bd9f3bef143ce30c7f5dee66a02748e9a003136be25e0060";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ps ncurses zlib perl];
+
+  configureFlags = "--enable-thread-safe-client";
+}