diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xscreensaver/5.05.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xscreensaver/5.05.nix
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+args : with args; let localDefs = builderDefs (args // {
+		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
+		fetchurl {
+		    url = http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-5.05.tar.gz;
+		    sha256 = "06l2vibjddszwpb9lflgflf0pn6rwpf609j2vdry3swh35pkcr1w";
+		};
+		useConfig = true;
+		reqsList = [
+			["true" "libX11" "gtk" "pkgconfig" "bc" "perl" "intltool" "libXmu"]
+			["GL" "mesa"]
+			["GUI" "gtk" "libxml2" "libglade"]
+			["jpeg" "libjpeg"]
+			["false"]
+		];
+		configFlags = [
+			"GL" " --with-gl "
+			"gdkpixbuf" " --with-pixbuf "
+			"DPMS" " --with-dpms "
+			"true" (" --with-x-app-defaults=\$out/share/xscreensaver/app-defaults "+
+				" --with-hackdir=\$out/share/xscreensaver-hacks ")
+		];
+	}) null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+	in with localDefs;
+let 
+	preConfigure = FullDepEntry ("
+		sed -e 's%@GTK_DATADIR@%@datadir@% ; s%@PO_DATADIR@%@datadir@%' "+
+		"-i driver/Makefile.in po/Makefile.in.in;
+	") [minInit doUnpack];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "xscreensaver-"+version;
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure localDefs [preConfigure doConfigure doMakeInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+	The X screensaver daemon. Run xscreensaver-demo to configure.
+";
+		inherit src;
+	};
+}