diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e5b1066d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+postUnpack=postUnpack
+postUnpack() {
+    ensureDir $out/share/texmf
+    ensureDir $out/share/texmf-dist
+    gunzip < $texmf | (cd $out/share/texmf-dist && tar xvf -)
+}
+
+configureFlags="\
+  --disable-multiplatform \
+  --without-x11 \
+  --without-xdvik \
+  --without-oxdvik \
+  --with-system-zlib \
+  --with-system-pnglib \
+  --with-system-ncurses \
+  "
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c24566a96bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, flex, bison, zlib, libpng, ncurses, ed}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tetex-3.0";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/tetex-src-3.0.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "944a4641e79e61043fdaf8f38ecbb4b3";
+  };
+
+  texmf = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/tetex-texmf-3.0.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "11aa15c8d3e28ee7815e0d5fcdf43fd4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [flex bison zlib libpng ncurses ed];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 14da727a20b..32c1c23e94f 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1289,6 +1289,10 @@ rec {
   };
   */
 
+  tetex = (import ../misc/tex/tetex) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv flex bison zlib libpng ncurses ed;
+  };
+
   nix = (import ../misc/nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv aterm perl;
     curl = bootCurl; /* !!! ugly */