diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/builder.sh
index 4678a878e41..1a2414d5970 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/builder.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 . $stdenv/setup || exit 1
 
 tar zxf $src
+cd jakarta-tomcat*/bin
+
+# install jsvc
+
+tar xvfz jsvc.tar.gz
+cd jsvc-src
+sh ./configure --with-java=$sdk
+make
+cp jsvc ..
+cd ..
+
+# done jsvc
+
+cd ../..
+
 mkdir $out
 mv jakarta-tomcat* $out
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix
index cd61afb2d34..4ea86930bc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, j2sdk}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "b802ee042677e284bcf65738c7bdc3b6";
   };
 
+  sdk = j2sdk;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 386e40e96db..ba7ea5a4fcd 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ rec {
 #  };
 
   tomcat5 = (import ../servers/http/tomcat) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv j2sdk;
   };
 
   pcre = (import ../development/libraries/pcre) {