diff --git a/pkgs/BUGS b/pkgs/BUGS
index 48eb204703c..162d9c18e58 100644
--- a/pkgs/BUGS
+++ b/pkgs/BUGS
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 /*  buildInputs = [pkgconfig];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [libX11]; */
 }
+
+
+
+* Add "exit 0" at the end of configure of rte package.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/zapping/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/zapping/default.nix
index 1ac1d43bd45..19e98c83576 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/zapping/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/zapping/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 { teletextSupport ? true
 , jpegSupport ? true
 , pngSupport ? true
+, recordingSupport ? true
 # !!! libXext shouldn't be necessary (it's in x11); but the builder needs it.
 , stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, perl, python, x11, libXv, libXmu, libXext, libgnomeui
 , libglade, scrollkeeper, esound, gettext, perlXMLParser
-, zvbi ? null, libjpeg ? null, libpng ? null }:
+, zvbi ? null, libjpeg ? null, libpng ? null, rte ? null }:
 
 assert pkgconfig != null && perl != null && python != null
   && x11 != null && libXv != null && libXmu != null && libgnomeui != null && libglade != null
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ assert teletextSupport -> zvbi != null && zvbi.pngSupport
 assert jpegSupport -> libjpeg != null;
 assert pngSupport -> libpng != null;
 
+assert recordingSupport -> rte != null;
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "zapping-0.7cvs8";
 
@@ -34,5 +37,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     (if teletextSupport then zvbi else null)
     (if jpegSupport then libjpeg else null)
     (if pngSupport then libpng else null)
+    (if recordingSupport then rte else null)
   ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rte/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/rte/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98803b79a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rte/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+configureScript=configure
+configure() {
+    # !!! hack: configure returns non-zero even on success.
+    ./configure $configureFlags || true
+}
+
+genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rte/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rte/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de51b874ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rte/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "rte-0.5.2";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zapping/rte-0.5.2.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "152d5d81169f0c9a543078543e354ebe";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 9b86c179a69..2ef5c756aca 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ rec {
     libpng = libpng;
   };
 
+  rte = (import ../development/libraries/rte) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   ncurses = (import ../development/libraries/ncurses) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
@@ -581,12 +585,13 @@ rec {
   zapping = (import ../applications/video/zapping) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl python 
             scrollkeeper gettext zvbi libjpeg libpng x11
-            perlXMLParser;
+            rte perlXMLParser;
     inherit (gnome) libgnomeui libglade esound;
     inherit (xlibs) libXv libXmu libXext;
     teletextSupport = true;
     jpegSupport = true;
     pngSupport = true;
+    recordingSupport = true;
   };
 
   gqview = (import ../applications/graphics/gqview) {
diff --git a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
index d8a53728d48..9f948f29f80 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ let {
       pkgs.MPlayer
       pkgs.MPlayerPlugin
       pkgs.vlc
-#      pkgs.zapping
+      pkgs.zapping
       pkgs.gqview
       pkgs.hello
       pkgs.xchm