diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..066f594ea84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/cron/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cron-4.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/cron_4.1.shar;
+    md5 = "5e1be9dbde66295821ac7899f2e1f561";
+  };
+
+  unpackCmd = "(mkdir cron && cd cron && sh $src)";
+
+  preBuild = "
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace '-o root' '' --replace 111 755
+    makeFlags=\"DESTROOT=$out\"
+  ";
+
+  preInstall = "ensureDir $out/bin $out/sbin $out/share/man/man1 $out/share/man/man5 $out/share/man/man8";
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Vixie Cron, a daemon for running commands at specific times";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 50a201b50c5b..0e8920be4b02 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ rec {
 
   stdenv = if bootStdenv == null then defaultStdenv else bootStdenv;
 
+  stdenvNew = overrideSetup stdenv ../stdenv/generic/setup-new.sh;
+  
 
   ### BUILD SUPPORT
 
@@ -265,6 +267,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  cron = import ../tools/system/cron {
+    inherit fetchurl;
+    stdenv = stdenvNew;
+  };
+
   curl = if stdenv ? curl then stdenv.curl else (assert false; null);
 
   dhcp = import ../tools/networking/dhcp {