diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_console/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_console/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae759479875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pam_console/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pam, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, glib, bison, flex}:
+
+let
+
+  # Configure script borrowed from the good folks at Gentoo.
+  configure = fetchurl {
+    # !!! move this somewhere safe
+    url = "http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/sys-auth/pam_console/files/pam_console-configure.ac";
+    sha256 = "00wilsxhwjjrkfnv2xzvlw4fxwj36ds4shnac3hksbjwb9qivmpl";
+  };
+
+in
+   
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pam_console-0.99.5";
+   
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/repo/dist/pam/pam-redhat-0.99.5-1.tar.bz2/e2edde7861c48195728bc531e5a277e0/pam-redhat-0.99.5-1.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "077xdhwspc785fas4yfw50mpy92rdfh35kq9awlrpbzq1fnapsfs";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [pam autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig glib bison flex];
+
+  makeFlags = "LEX=flex";
+
+  configureFlags = "--disable-static";
+
+  preConfigure = "
+    cd pam_console
+    cp ${configure} configure.ac
+    touch NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog
+    # Don't try to create /var/run/console.
+    substituteInPlace Makefile.am --replace 'mkdir -m $(LOCKMODE) -p -p $(DESTDIR)$(LOCKDIR)' ''
+    autoreconf --install
+  ";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 433135c1a1e..112dbbf05dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2441,6 +2441,11 @@ rec {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl cracklib flex;
   };
 
+  pam_console = import ../os-specific/linux/pam_console {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl pam autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig bison flex;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
+  };
+
   pam_devperm = import ../os-specific/linux/pam_devperm {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl pam;
   };