diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index b8f843148dc..b8fb9c45229 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1044,7 +1044,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
-  
+ syslinux = import ../os-specific/linux/syslinux {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv nasm perl;
+  };
+
   ### DATA
 
   docbook_xml_dtd_42 = (import ../data/sgml+xml/schemas/xml-dtd/docbook-4.2) {