diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d860059e580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0mbxfl2phjv5wa6ngml4yg6wn8yjva843i91532fr75rd6z78fxl";
+  };
+  
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir "$out"
+    chmod -x *
+    cp * "$out"
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Firmware for the Intel 5000 wireless card";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      This package provides version 1 of the Intel wireless card
+      firmware, for Linux up to 2.6.26.  It contains the
+      `iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode' file.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://intellinuxwireless.org/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a0c30dfabaf..fa6392defca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4668,6 +4668,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  iwlwifi5000ucode = import ../os-specific/linux/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-ucode {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   jfsrec = builderDefsPackage (selectVersion ../os-specific/linux/jfsrec "svn-7"){
     inherit boost;
   };