diff --git a/pkgs/data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook5/builder.sh b/pkgs/data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook5/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1284bb0c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook5/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir $out
+cd $out
+unpackFile $src
+mkdir xml
+mkdir xml/xsl
+mv docbook5-xsl-* xml/xsl/docbook
diff --git a/pkgs/data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook5/default.nix b/pkgs/data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook5/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b507fea5a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook5/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "docbook5-xsl-1.72.0";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/docbook/docbook5-xsl-1.72.0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0iy7axmk3nvaqgxg5lh7qx39ad9g3qrgwikrp5w4z7bwlrpijfpx";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e918f900962..da980363680 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2398,7 +2398,13 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
   };
 
-  docbook_xml_xslt = import ../data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook {
+  docbook_xml_xslt = docbook_xsl;
+
+  docbook_xsl = import ../data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
+  docbook5_xsl = import ../data/sgml+xml/stylesheets/xslt/docbook5 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index b4cd4c8c7f2..5151ff91828 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ let {
     docbook5
     docbook_xml_dtd_42
     docbook_xml_dtd_43
-    docbook_xml_xslt
+    docbook_xsl
+    docbook5_xsl
     e2fsprogs
     ecj
     emacs
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@ let {
     docbook5
     docbook_xml_dtd_42
     docbook_xml_dtd_43
-    docbook_xml_xslt
+    docbook_xsl
+    docbook5_xsl
     libtool
     libxml2
     libxslt
@@ -205,7 +207,8 @@ let {
     docbook5
     docbook_xml_dtd_42
     docbook_xml_dtd_43
-    docbook_xml_xslt
+    docbook_xsl
+    docbook5_xsl
     libtool
     libxml2
     libxslt