diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/8.19.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/8.19.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gmp ? null
+, aclSupport ? false, acl ? null
+, selinuxSupport? false, libselinux ? null, libsepol ? null
+}:
+
+assert aclSupport -> acl != null;
+assert selinuxSupport -> libselinux != null && libsepol != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "coreutils-8.19";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/coreutils/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1rx9x3fp848w4nny7irdkcpkan9fcx24d99v5dkwgkyq7wc76f5d";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
+  buildInputs = [ gmp ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional selinuxSupport libselinux
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional selinuxSupport libsepol;
+
+  crossAttrs = ({
+    buildInputs = [ gmp ]
+      ++ stdenv.lib.optional aclSupport acl.crossDrv
+      ++ stdenv.lib.optional selinuxSupport libselinux.crossDrv
+      ++ stdenv.lib.optional selinuxSupport libsepol.crossDrv
+      ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.gccCross.libc ? libiconv)
+        stdenv.gccCross.libc.libiconv.crossDrv;
+
+    # Needed for fstatfs()
+    # I don't know why it is not properly detected cross building with glibc.
+    configureFlags = [ "fu_cv_sys_stat_statfs2_bsize=yes" ];
+    doCheck = false;
+  }
+
+  //
+
+  # XXX: Temporary workaround to allow GNU/Hurd builds with newer libcs.
+  (stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.cross.config == "i586-pc-gnu") {
+    patches = [ ./gets-undeclared.patch ];
+  }));
+
+  # The tests are known broken on Cygwin
+  # (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19025),
+  # Darwin (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs/19351),
+  # and {Open,Free}BSD.
+  doCheck = stdenv ? glibc;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString selinuxSupport "-lsepol";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/;
+    description = "The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text
+      manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system.  These are
+      the core utilities which are expected to exist on every
+      operating system.
+    '';
+
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+  };
+}
+