diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jakarta-regexp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jakarta-regexp/default.nix
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+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+# I want some provides mechanism for jar files. These
+# jars can then be added to the CLASSPATH by a dependent package.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "jakarta-regexp-1.3";
+  builder = ./java-bin-builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://apache.cs.uu.nl/dist/jakarta/regexp/binaries/jakarta-regexp-1.3.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "4322f82bea908ca4a7db270f7fa4850d";
+  };
+
+  jars = ["jakarta-regexp-1.3.jar"];
+
+  buildInputs = [stdenv];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jakarta-regexp/java-bin-builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jakarta-regexp/java-bin-builder.sh
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+. $stdenv/setup
+
+tar zxvf $src
+cd jakarta-regexp-1.3
+mkdir -p $out/share/java/
+cp jakarta-regexp-1.3.jar $out/share/java/