diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/time/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/time/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b01cddb4edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/time/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "time-1.7";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/time/time-1.7.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0va9063fcn7xykv658v2s9gilj2fq4rcdxx2mn2mmy1v4ndafzp3";
+  };
+  meta = {
+    description = "Command for running programs and summarizing the system resources they use";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d32118f98f7..641beab4c92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -517,6 +517,10 @@ rec {
     inherit (xlibs) imake gccmakedep libXmu libXaw libXpm libXp;
   };
 
+  time = import ../tools/misc/time {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   trang = import ../tools/text/xml/trang {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip jre;
   };