diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc2339af6a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/monotone/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, boost, zlib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "monotone-0.38";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://monotone.ca/downloads/0.38/monotone-0.38.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "c1a0d2619f451a664289b042c104860d";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [boost zlib];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a90a182822a..5daef3ab07c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1188,6 +1188,10 @@ rec {
     inherit stdenv perl;
   };
 
+  monotone = import ../applications/version-management/monotone {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl boost zlib;
+  };
+
   nasm = import ../development/compilers/nasm {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };