diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49544796612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+	name = "log4cxx-0.9.7";
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = http://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/log4cxx-0.9.7.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "1ikyxd8jgf7b2cqjk5lidl7cffs114iiblaczaqbv5bm4vyb4hav";
+	};
+	buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool libxml2 cppunit ];
+	patchPhase = "sh autogen.sh; sed -e 's/DOMConfigurator::subst/subst/' -i include/log4cxx/xml/domconfigurator.h";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a52facf6dd1..d0412c88089 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2076,6 +2076,10 @@ rec {
 	  inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };
 
+  log4cxx = import ../development/libraries/log4cxx {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv automake autoconf libtool cppunit libxml2;
+  };
+
   lzo = import ../development/libraries/lzo {
 	  inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };