diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..57f463ba64c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1p3qs51x5327gnk71yq8cvmxc6wgx79sqxfvxcv80cdvgggjfnyv";
+  };
+  buildPhase = "true";
+  installPhase = "
+    fontDir=$out/share/fonts/truetype
+    ensureDir $fontDir
+    cp *.ttf $fontDir
+  ";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
index c3634b0f9a5..a9fc6de201f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/default.nix
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ rec {
       url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/font-bh-100dpi-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2;
       md5 = "29eeed0ad42653f27b929119581deb3e";
     };
-    buildInputs = [pkgconfig fontutil ];
+    buildInputs = [pkgconfig bdftopcf mkfontdir mkfontscale fontutil ];
   }) // {inherit fontutil ;};
     
   fontbh75dpi = (stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ rec {
       url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/font-bh-75dpi-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2;
       md5 = "7546c97560eb325400365adbc426308b";
     };
-    buildInputs = [pkgconfig fontutil ];
+    buildInputs = [pkgconfig bdftopcf mkfontdir mkfontscale fontutil ];
   }) // {inherit fontutil ;};
     
   fontbhlucidatypewriter100dpi = (stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ rec {
       url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2;
       md5 = "8a56f4cbea74f4dbbf9bdac95686dca8";
     };
-    buildInputs = [pkgconfig fontutil ];
+    buildInputs = [pkgconfig bdftopcf mkfontdir mkfontscale fontutil ];
   }) // {inherit fontutil ;};
     
   fontbhlucidatypewriter75dpi = (stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ rec {
       url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-X11R7.0-1.0.0.tar.bz2;
       md5 = "e5cccf93f4f1f793cd32adfa81cc1b40";
     };
-    buildInputs = [pkgconfig fontutil ];
+    buildInputs = [pkgconfig bdftopcf mkfontdir mkfontscale fontutil ];
   }) // {inherit fontutil ;};
     
   fontbhttf = (stdenv.mkDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9233f80ff68..4acb886ecc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2400,6 +2400,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  ttf_bitstream_vera = import ../data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
 
   ### APPLICATIONS