diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upstart/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upstart/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7be6cfe65c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/upstart/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "upstart-0.3.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://upstart.ubuntu.com/download/upstart-0.3.0.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "269046f41c6418225306280044a799eb";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9eefb0eb661..892441ec55a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2217,6 +2217,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  upstart = import ../os-specific/linux/upstart {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   usbutils = import ../os-specific/linux/usbutils {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libusb;
   };