diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cl-launch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cl-launch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63c585b00a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cl-launch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+let
+  s = # Generated upstream information
+  rec {
+    baseName="cl-launch";
+    version="3.21.1";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    hash="1241lyn2a3ry06ii9zlns0cj462bi7rih41vlbbmra1chj4c21ij";
+    url="http://common-lisp.net/project/xcvb/cl-launch/cl-launch-3.21.1.tar.gz";
+    sha256="1241lyn2a3ry06ii9zlns0cj462bi7rih41vlbbmra1chj4c21ij";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+  ];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit (s) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    inherit (s) url sha256;
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export makeFlags="$makeFlags PREFIX='$out'"
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    inherit (s) version;
+    description = ''Common Lisp launcher script'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.llgpl21 ;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cl-launch/default.upstream b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cl-launch/default.upstream
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ff5daca02c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cl-launch/default.upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+url http://common-lisp.net/project/xcvb/cl-launch/
+version_link '.-[0-9].*[0-9][.]tar[.].*'
diff --git a/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix b/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix
index 0dcdff0bee4..fcf7420e425 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
     url = http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html;
   };
 
+  llgpl21 = {
+    shortName = "LLGPLv2.1";
+    fullName = "Lisp LGPL; GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 with Franz Inc. preamble for clarification of LGPL terms in context of Lisp";
+    url = http://opensource.franz.com/preamble.html;
+  };
+
   lgpl3 = {
     shortName = "LGPLv3";
     fullName = "GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 only";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bc212974836..808def18abd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3360,6 +3360,8 @@ let
 
   chromedriver = callPackage ../development/tools/selenium/chromedriver { gconf = gnome.GConf; };
 
+  "cl-launch" = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cl-launch {};
+
   complexity = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/complexity { };
 
   ctags = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/ctags { };