diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8397626c00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+ 
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5ca543f70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, openssl}:
+ 
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "openssh-3.8.1p1";
+ 
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.bit.nl/mirror/openssh/openssh-3.8.1p1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "1dbfd40ae683f822ae917eebf171ca42";
+  };
+ 
+  buildInputs = [zlib openssl];
+}