diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
index fe5a0c9356b..7ff9899dced 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
@@ -246,4 +246,10 @@ rec {
     ftp://ftp-archives.postgresql.org/pub/
   ];
 
+  metalab = [
+    ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/metalab/
+    ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/metalab/
+    ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/sites/metalab.unc.edu/
+  ];
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wakelan/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wakelan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cc18ec8678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wakelan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wakelan-1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://metalab/system/network/misc/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vydqpf44146ir6k87gmqaq6xy66xhc1gkr3nsd7jj3nhy7ypx9x";
+  };
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    ensureDir $out/man/man1 $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Send a wake-on-lan packet";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' WakeLan sends a properly formatted UDP packet across the
+         network which will cause a wake-on-lan enabled computer to
+         power on.
+      '';
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.viric ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b299c060c2..0f69620505d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1426,6 +1426,8 @@ let
 
   vlan = callPackage ../tools/networking/vlan { };
 
+  wakelan = callPackage ../tools/networking/wakelan { };
+
   w3cCSSValidator = callPackage ../tools/misc/w3c-css-validator {
     tomcat = tomcat6;
   };