diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/bin-builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/bin-builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..42cb9cdd86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/bin-builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set -e
+
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+tar zxf $src
+mkdir $out
+mv jetty*/* $out
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20cc2b22332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/jetty/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "jetty-4.2.22";
+
+  builder = ./bin-builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/jetty/jetty-4.2.22.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "e89c582d1846cd7d31e402abaf801e17";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 020ae8b106c..eaef81e08ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -646,6 +646,10 @@ rec {
     ant = apacheAntBlackdown14;
   };
 
+  jetty = (import ../servers/http/jetty) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   ### OS-SPECIFIC
 
   kernelHeaders = (import ../os-specific/linux/kernel-headers) {