diff --git a/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38ab33171467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/shells/zsh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, ncurses}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "zsh";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://nephtys.lip6.fr/pub/unix/shells/zsh/zsh-4.2.3.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "ae19a74ae7e84cf4dbd8e35f52c8ec74";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-tcsetpgrp";
+
+  buildInputs = [ncurses coreutils ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f20dfa8fcfb7..787d194b1960 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -626,6 +626,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
+  zsh = import ../shells/zsh {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses coreutils;
+  };
+
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / COMPILERS