diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2ef643cd75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "udev-068";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-068.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "fd9db7375dae81e8aa634414b5ede0d6";
+  };
+  patches = [./udev-installpath.patch];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/udev-installpath.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/udev-installpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0406ee2a2f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/udev-installpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN udev-068/Makefile udev-068.new/Makefile
+--- udev-068/Makefile	2005-08-18 19:04:49.000000000 +0200
++++ udev-068.new/Makefile	2005-08-19 16:09:22.000000000 +0200
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
+ STARTER =	udevstart
+ RELEASE_NAME =	$(ROOT)-$(VERSION)
+ LOCAL_CFG_DIR =	etc/udev
+-DESTDIR =
++DESTDIR = ${out}
+ KERNEL_DIR = /lib/modules/${shell uname -r}/build
+ 
+ # override this to make udev look in a different location for it's config files
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index e86cf513f67d..ddc83ad7dc03 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1109,6 +1109,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+ udev = import ../os-specific/linux/udev {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   ### DATA
 
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