diff --git a/pkgs/applications/pagers/less/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/pagers/less/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d38440648e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/pagers/less/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/pagers/less/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/pagers/less/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db5a11809147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/pagers/less/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+ 
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "less-382";
+ 
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/less/less-382.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "103fe4aef6297b93f0f73f38cc3b1bd7";
+  };
+ 
+  buildInputs = [ncurses];
+ 
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 0d421e8a0ce3..add9e6e83da9 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
+  less = (import ../applications/pagers/less) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+  };
+
   ### GAMES
 
   zoom = (import ../games/zoom) {
diff --git a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
index 4a12787c568e..9713de5ab076 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ let {
     ocaml
     hevea
     vim
+    less
   ;};