diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/bbdb/3.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/bbdb/3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..556bf83fab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/bbdb/3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bbdb-3.1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/bbdb/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1gs16bbpiiy01w9pyg12868r57kx1v3hnw04gmqsmpc40l1hyy05";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
+
+  # Hack to disable documentation as there is no way to tell bbdb to
+  # NOT build pdfs. I really don't want to pull in TexLive here...
+  preConfigure = ''
+   substituteInPlace ./Makefile.in \
+     --replace "SUBDIRS = lisp doc tex" "SUBDIRS = lisp"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/";
+    description = "The Insidious Big Brother Database (BBDB), a contact management utility for Emacs, version 3";
+    license = "GPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a0dcdfba01f..ebf2704b795 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8391,6 +8391,8 @@ let
 
     bbdb = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/bbdb { };
 
+    bbdb3 = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/bbdb/3.nix {};
+
     cedet = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/cedet { };
 
     calfw = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/calfw { };