diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/halibut/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/halibut/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68c09f86e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/halibut/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "halibut-1.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/halibut-1.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0d039adb88cb8de6f350563514d013209c2d321d1e5c49ea56462c6803f29adb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i -e s@/usr/local@$out@ Makefile
+    sed -i -e 's@(prefix)/man@(prefix)/share/man@' doc/Makefile
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin
+    ensureDir $out/share/man/man1
+    pushd doc
+    make halibut.1
+    popd
+    make install
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Documentation production system for software manuals";
+    homepage = http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/;
+    license = "free";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9b3955d7202..ecef6ba3923 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ let
       inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     });
 
+  halibut = import ../tools/typesetting/halibut {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
+  };
+
   hddtemp = import ../tools/misc/hddtemp {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };