diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/iojs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/iojs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb596b3060f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/iojs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, utillinux, nightly ? false }:
+
+let
+  version = if nightly then "1.1.1-nightly201502072c3121c606" else "1.1.0";
+  inherit (stdenv.lib) optional maintainers licenses platforms;
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "iojs-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = if nightly
+          then "https://iojs.org/download/nightly/v${version}/iojs-v${version}.tar.gz"
+          else "https://iojs.org/dist/v${version}/iojs-v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = if nightly
+             then "1jjh5f8kpcgdjjib9q1f2hqvrs6p4m4fyfbfy6dsdbzl2hglajvw"
+             else "0yvz3rw7d73snc1g447l4amqbbyydbyzr9ynykmyld7l3gdsif7h";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -e 's|^#!/usr/bin/env python$|#!${python}/bin/python|g' -i configure
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ python ] ++ (optional stdenv.isLinux utillinux);
+  setupHook = ../nodejs/setup-hook.sh;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A friendly fork of Node.js with an open governance model";
+    homepage = https://iojs.org/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix
index 1965521ba81..4b9e057243c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ let
 
   sources = runCommand "node-sources" {} ''
     tar --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions -xf ${nodejs.src}
-    mv *node* $out
+    mv $(find . -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1) $out
   '';
 
   # Convert deps to attribute set
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 766d2a3a3cc..40fc5a10299 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1729,6 +1729,13 @@ let
     callPackage ./node-packages.nix { self = nodePackages; }
   );
 
+  iojs = callPackage ../development/web/iojs { };
+  iojs-nightly = callPackage ../development/web/iojs { nightly = true; };
+
+  iojsPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (
+    callPackage ./node-packages.nix { self = iojsPackages; nodejs = iojs; }
+  );
+
   ldapvi = callPackage ../tools/misc/ldapvi { };
 
   ldns = callPackage ../development/libraries/ldns { };