diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/MCONFIG.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/MCONFIG.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a7816db850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/MCONFIG.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+diff -rc util-linux-2.12q-orig/MCONFIG util-linux-2.12q/MCONFIG
+*** util-linux-2.12q-orig/MCONFIG	2004-12-13 00:15:48.000000000 +0100
+--- util-linux-2.12q/MCONFIG	2005-03-10 16:28:53.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 64,75 ****
+  # If HAVE_WRITE is set to "yes", then write will not be built or
+  # installed from the misc-utils subdirectory.
+  # (There is a network aware write in netwrite from NetKit 0.16 or later.)
+! HAVE_WRITE=no
+  
+  # If HAVE_GETTY is set to "yes", then agetty will not be built or
+  # installed from the login-utils subdirectory.  Note that agetty can
+  # co-exist with other gettys, so this option should never be used.
+! HAVE_GETTY=no
+  
+  # If USE_TTY_GROUP is set to "yes", then wall and write will be installed
+  # setgid to the "tty" group, and mesg will only set the group write bit.
+--- 64,75 ----
+  # If HAVE_WRITE is set to "yes", then write will not be built or
+  # installed from the misc-utils subdirectory.
+  # (There is a network aware write in netwrite from NetKit 0.16 or later.)
+! HAVE_WRITE=yes
+  
+  # If HAVE_GETTY is set to "yes", then agetty will not be built or
+  # installed from the login-utils subdirectory.  Note that agetty can
+  # co-exist with other gettys, so this option should never be used.
+! HAVE_GETTY=yes
+  
+  # If USE_TTY_GROUP is set to "yes", then wall and write will be installed
+  # setgid to the "tty" group, and mesg will only set the group write bit.
+***************
+*** 77,83 ****
+  # user's tty to "tty" [The login in util-linux does this correctly, and
+  # xterm will do it correctly if X is compiled with USE_TTY_GROUP set
+  # properly.]
+! USE_TTY_GROUP=yes
+  
+  # If HAVE_KILL is set to "yes", then kill will not be built or
+  # installed from the misc-utils subdirectory.
+--- 77,83 ----
+  # user's tty to "tty" [The login in util-linux does this correctly, and
+  # xterm will do it correctly if X is compiled with USE_TTY_GROUP set
+  # properly.]
+! USE_TTY_GROUP=no
+  
+  # If HAVE_KILL is set to "yes", then kill will not be built or
+  # installed from the misc-utils subdirectory.
+***************
+*** 102,111 ****
+  # If HAVE_SLN is set to "yes", then sln won't be installed
+  # (but the man page sln.8 will be installed anyway).
+  # sln also comes with libc and glibc.
+! HAVE_SLN=no
+  
+  # If HAVE_FDUTILS is set to "yes", then setfdprm won't be installed.
+! HAVE_FDUTILS=no
+  
+  # If SILENT_PG is set to "yes", then pg will not ring the bell
+  # when an invalid key is pressed
+--- 102,111 ----
+  # If HAVE_SLN is set to "yes", then sln won't be installed
+  # (but the man page sln.8 will be installed anyway).
+  # sln also comes with libc and glibc.
+! HAVE_SLN=yes
+  
+  # If HAVE_FDUTILS is set to "yes", then setfdprm won't be installed.
+! HAVE_FDUTILS=yes
+  
+  # If SILENT_PG is set to "yes", then pg will not ring the bell
+  # when an invalid key is pressed
+***************
+*** 168,184 ****
+  DEV_DIR=	/dev
+  ETC_DIR=	/etc
+  SBIN_DIR=	/sbin
+! USRSBIN_DIR=	/usr/sbin
+! USRLIB_DIR=	/usr/lib
+! USRBIN_DIR=	/usr/bin
+! USRGAMES_DIR=	/usr/games
+! USRSHAREMISC_DIR=/usr/share/misc
+! LOCALE_DIR=	/usr/share/locale
+  BIN_DIR=        /bin
+  VAR_PATH=	/var
+  LOG_DIR=	/var/log
+! MAN_DIR=	/usr/share/man
+! INFO_DIR=	/usr/share/info
+  
+  #
+  # Paths used for install
+--- 168,184 ----
+  DEV_DIR=	/dev
+  ETC_DIR=	/etc
+  SBIN_DIR=	/sbin
+! USRSBIN_DIR=	/sbin
+! USRLIB_DIR=	/lib
+! USRBIN_DIR=	/bin
+! USRGAMES_DIR=	/games
+! USRSHAREMISC_DIR=/share/misc
+! LOCALE_DIR=	/share/locale
+  BIN_DIR=        /bin
+  VAR_PATH=	/var
+  LOG_DIR=	/var/log
+! MAN_DIR=	/share/man
+! INFO_DIR=	/share/info
+  
+  #
+  # Paths used for install
+***************
+*** 212,218 ****
+  MANMODE=	644
+  DATMODE=	644
+  INFOMODE=	644
+! SUIDMODE=      4755
+  
+  CHMOD=		chmod
+  INSTALL=	install
+--- 212,218 ----
+  MANMODE=	644
+  DATMODE=	644
+  INFOMODE=	644
+! SUIDMODE=       755
+  
+  CHMOD=		chmod
+  INSTALL=	install
+***************
+*** 220,226 ****
+  INSTALLBIN=	$(INSTALL) -m $(BINMODE)
+  INSTALLMAN=	$(INSTALL) -m $(MANMODE)
+  INSTALLDAT=	$(INSTALL) -m $(DATMODE)
+! INSTALLSUID=    $(INSTALL) -m $(SUIDMODE) -o root
+  
+  ifeq "$(DISABLE_NLS)" "yes"
+  NLSFLAGS = -DDISABLE_NLS
+--- 220,226 ----
+  INSTALLBIN=	$(INSTALL) -m $(BINMODE)
+  INSTALLMAN=	$(INSTALL) -m $(MANMODE)
+  INSTALLDAT=	$(INSTALL) -m $(DATMODE)
+! INSTALLSUID=    $(INSTALL) -m $(SUIDMODE) # -o root
+  
+  ifeq "$(DISABLE_NLS)" "yes"
+  NLSFLAGS = -DDISABLE_NLS
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5adc2456706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+export LDFLAGS=-static
+export DESTDIR=$out
+
+genericBuild
+
+strip $out/bin/*
+strip $out/sbin/*
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..134260defef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/util-linux-static/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "util-linux-2.12r";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/util-linux-2.12r.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "af9d9e03038481fbf79ea3ac33f116f9";
+  };
+  patches = [./MCONFIG.patch];
+}