diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index e4d9d55dad4..873502502cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  gnutarDiet = (import ../tools/archivers/gnutar-diet) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv dietgcc;
+  };
+
   zip = (import ../tools/archivers/zip) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar-diet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar-diet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32d0dc5aef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/gnutar-diet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, dietgcc}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gnutar-1.15.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.15.1.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "57da3c38f8e06589699548a34d5a5d07";
+  };
+  NIX_GCC = dietgcc;
+  NIX_GLIBC_FLAGS_SET=1;
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-D_BSD_SOURCE=1";
+}