diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tk/8.4.18.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tk/8.4.18.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tk/8.4.18.nix
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+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tk-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/tcl/tk${version}-src.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "065cbs82a8nklmj4867744skb3l3mqv14s8jwribk2wazzdb0mqp";
+  };
+  postInstall = ''
+    echo -e '#! /bin/sh \n $( readlink -f $( type -tP wish${__substring 0 3 version}) ) "$@"' >$out/bin/wish
+    chmod a+x $out/bin/wish
+  '';
+  configureFlags="--with-tcl=${tcl}/lib";
+  preConfigure = "cd unix";
+
+  buildInputs = [tcl x11];
+  inherit tcl;
+}