diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c96068c067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+args:
+with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cyrus-sasl-2.1.22";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.22.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "c69e3853f35b14ee2c3f6e876e42d880927258ff4678aa052e5f0853db209962";
+  };
+  configureFlags="--with-openssl=${openssl} --with-plugindir=\${out}/lib/sasl2 --with-configdir=\${out}/lib/sasl2";
+  buildInputs = [ openssl db4 gettext ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 85e340718f0..956caceb1f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1478,6 +1478,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  cyrus_sasl = import ../development/libraries/cyrus-sasl {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl db4 gettext;
+  };
+
   db4 = db45;
 
   db44 = import ../development/libraries/db4/db4-4.4.nix {