diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
index c65aedaf3af3..2f22334b709f 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/mirrors.nix
@@ -128,11 +128,19 @@ rec {
     http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
   ];
 
-  # Fedora (please only full mirrors that carry old Fedora distributions as well).
+  # Fedora (please only add full mirrors that carry old Fedora distributions as well).
   fedora = [
     http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/
     http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/
     http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/
   ];
 
+  # openSUSE.
+  opensuse = [
+    http://opensuse.hro.nl/opensuse/
+    http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/linux/mirrors/opensuse/
+    http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/
+    http://ftp.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/
+  ];
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
index 89a5d7c451b3..1b62cc51a9f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
@@ -491,12 +491,12 @@ rec {
 
   /* Generate a Nix expression containing fetchurl calls for the
      closure of a set of top-level RPM packages from the
-     `primary.xml.gz' file of a Fedora or OpenSUSE distribution. */
+     `primary.xml.gz' file of a Fedora or openSUSE distribution. */
      
   rpmClosureGenerator =
-    {name, packagesList, urlPrefix, packages}:
+    {name, packagesList, urlPrefix, packages, archs ? []}:
     
-    runCommand "${name}.nix" {buildInputs = [perl perlXMLSimple];} ''
+    runCommand "${name}.nix" {buildInputs = [perl perlXMLSimple]; inherit archs;} ''
       gunzip < ${packagesList} > ./packages.xml
       perl -w ${rpm/rpm-closure.pl} \
         ./packages.xml ${urlPrefix} ${toString packages} > $out
@@ -508,12 +508,12 @@ rec {
      names. */
      
   makeImageFromRPMDist =
-    {name, fullName, size ? 1024, urlPrefix, packagesList, packages, postInstall ? ""}:
+    {name, fullName, size ? 1024, urlPrefix, packagesList, packages, postInstall ? "", archs ? ["noarch" "i386"]}:
 
     fillDiskWithRPMs {
       inherit name fullName size postInstall;
       rpms = import (rpmClosureGenerator {
-        inherit name packagesList urlPrefix packages;
+        inherit name packagesList urlPrefix packages archs;
       }) {inherit fetchurl;};
     };
 
@@ -602,6 +602,17 @@ rec {
       urlPrefix = mirror://fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/os;
     } // args);
 
+    opensuse103i386 = args: makeImageFromRPMDist ({
+      name = "opensuse-10.3-i586";
+      fullName = "openSUSE 10.3 (i586)";
+      packagesList = fetchurl {
+        url = mirror://opensuse/distribution/10.3/repo/oss/suse/repodata/primary.xml.gz;
+        sha256 = "0zb5kxsb755nqq9i8jdclmanacyf551ncx6a011v9jqphsvyfvd7";
+      };
+      urlPrefix = mirror://opensuse/distribution/10.3/repo/oss/suse/;
+      archs = ["noarch" "i586"];
+    } // args);
+
     ubuntu710i386 = args: makeImageFromDebDist ({
       name = "ubuntu-7.10-gutsy-i386";
       fullName = "Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy (i386)";
@@ -649,6 +660,29 @@ rec {
   ];
 
 
+  /* Common packages for openSUSE images. */
+  commonOpenSUSEPackages = [
+    "aaa_base"
+    "autoconf"
+    "automake"
+    "bzip2"
+    "curl"
+    "devs"
+    "diffutils"
+    "findutils"
+    "gawk"
+    "gcc-c++"
+    "gzip"
+    "make"
+    "patch"
+    "perl"
+    "pkg-config"
+    "rpm"
+    "tar"
+    "unzip"
+  ];
+
+
   /* Common packages for Debian/Ubuntu images. */
   commonDebianPackages = [
     "base-passwd"
@@ -706,6 +740,7 @@ rec {
     fedora5i386 = diskImageFuns.fedora5i386 { packages = commonFedoraPackages; };
     fedora7i386 = diskImageFuns.fedora7i386 { packages = commonFedoraPackages; };
     fedora8i386 = diskImageFuns.fedora8i386 { packages = commonFedoraPackages; };
+    opensuse103i386 = diskImageFuns.opensuse103i386 { packages = commonOpenSUSEPackages; };
     
     ubuntu710i386 = diskImageFuns.ubuntu710i386 { packages = commonDebianPackages; };
     debian40r3i386 = diskImageFuns.debian40r3i386 { packages = commonDebianPackages; };
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/vm/rpm/rpm-closure.pl b/pkgs/build-support/vm/rpm/rpm-closure.pl
index 2878e90a1f25..a29745d92831 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/vm/rpm/rpm-closure.pl
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/vm/rpm/rpm-closure.pl
@@ -5,25 +5,48 @@ my $packagesFile = shift @ARGV;
 my $urlPrefix = shift @ARGV;
 my @toplevelPkgs = @ARGV;
 
-my $xml = XMLin($packagesFile, ForceArray => ['package', 'rpm:entry', 'file'], KeyAttr => ['name']) or die;
-my $pkgs = $xml->{'package'};
+my @archs = split ' ', ($ENV{'archs'} or "");
+
+print STDERR "parsing packages...\n";
+
+my $xml = XMLin($packagesFile, ForceArray => ['package', 'rpm:entry', 'file'], KeyAttr => []) or die;
 
 print STDERR "file contains $xml->{packages} packages\n";
 
 
-my %provides;
-foreach my $pkgName (keys %{$pkgs}) {
-    print STDERR "looking at $pkgName\n";
-    my $pkg = $pkgs->{$pkgName};
-    print STDERR keys %{$pkg->{format}->{'rpm:provides'}}, "\n";
-    if (defined $pkg->{format}->{'rpm:provides'}) {
-        my $provides = $pkg->{format}->{'rpm:provides'}->{'rpm:entry'};
-        foreach my $req (keys %{$provides}) {
-            #print STDERR "  provides $req\n";
-            #die "multiple provides for $req" if defined $provides{$req};
-            $provides{$req} = $pkgName;
-        }
+my %pkgs;
+foreach my $pkg (@{$xml->{'package'}}) {
+    if (scalar @archs > 0) {
+        my $arch = $pkg->{arch};
+        my $found = 0;
+        foreach my $a (@archs) { $found = 1 if $arch eq $a; }
+        next if !$found;
     }
+    if (defined $pkgs{$pkg->{name}}) {
+        print STDERR "WARNING: duplicate occurrence of package $pkg->{name}\n";
+        next;
+    }
+    $pkgs{$pkg->{name}} = $pkg;
+}
+
+
+my %provides;
+foreach my $pkgName (keys %pkgs) {
+    print STDERR "looking at $pkgName\n";
+    my $pkg = $pkgs{$pkgName};
+    
+    #print STDERR keys %{$pkg->{format}}, "\n";
+
+    #print STDERR $pkg->{format}->{'rpm:provides'}, "\n";
+    
+    my $provides = $pkg->{format}->{'rpm:provides'}->{'rpm:entry'} or die;
+    foreach my $req (@{$provides}) {
+        #print "$req->{name}\n";
+        #print STDERR "  provides $req\n";
+        #die "multiple provides for $req" if defined $provides{$req};
+        $provides{$req->{name}} = $pkgName;
+    }
+
     if (defined $pkg->{format}->{file}) {
         foreach my $file (@{$pkg->{format}->{file}}) {
           #print STDERR "  provides file $file\n";
@@ -44,17 +67,17 @@ sub closePackage {
     
     print STDERR ">>> $pkgName\n";
     
-    my $pkg = $pkgs->{$pkgName} or die "package $pkgName doesn't exist";
+    my $pkg = $pkgs{$pkgName} or die "package $pkgName doesn't exist";
 
     my $requires = $pkg->{format}->{'rpm:requires'}->{'rpm:entry'} or die;
 
     my @deps = ();
-    foreach my $req (keys %{$requires}) {
-        next if $req =~ /^rpmlib\(/;
-        print STDERR "  needs $req\n";
-        my $provider = $provides{$req};
+    foreach my $req (@{$requires}) {
+        next if $req->{name} =~ /^rpmlib\(/;
+        print STDERR "  needs $req->{name}\n";
+        my $provider = $provides{$req->{name}};
         if (!defined $provider) {
-            print STDERR "    WARNING: no provider for $req\n";
+            print STDERR "    WARNING: no provider for $req->{name}\n";
             next;
         }
         print STDERR "    satisfied by $provider\n";
@@ -79,7 +102,7 @@ print "{fetchurl}:\n\n";
 print "[\n\n";
 
 foreach my $pkgName (@needed) {
-    my $pkg = $pkgs->{$pkgName};
+    my $pkg = $pkgs{$pkgName};
     die if $pkg->{checksum}->{type} ne "sha";
     print "  (fetchurl {\n";
     print "    url = $urlPrefix/$pkg->{location}->{href};\n";