diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/b43-firmware-cutter/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/b43-firmware-cutter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6465c0d7943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/b43-firmware-cutter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "b43-fwcutter-015";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://bues.ch/b43/fwcutter/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1sznw1jrhyfbx0ilwzrj6mzlgc96fzjbx56j4ji8lsypyp8m6sjc";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./no-root-install.patch ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Firmware extractor for cards supported by the b43 kernel module";
+    homepage = http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43;
+    license = "free-non-copyleft";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/b43-firmware-cutter/no-root-install.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/b43-firmware-cutter/no-root-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..578812e0ad0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/b43-firmware-cutter/no-root-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -Naur b43-fwcutter-015-orig/Makefile b43-fwcutter-015/Makefile
+--- b43-fwcutter-015-orig/Makefile	2011-08-21 08:17:01.000000000 -0400
++++ b43-fwcutter-015/Makefile	2012-07-13 17:57:53.002154557 -0400
+@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
+ 	$(QUIET_CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(BIN) $(call OBJS,$(SRCS)) $(LDFLAGS)
+ 
+ install: all
+-	install -d -o 0 -g 0 -m 755 $(PREFIX)/bin/
+-	install -o 0 -g 0 -m 755 $(BIN) $(PREFIX)/bin/
+-	install -d -o 0 -g 0 -m 755 $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
+-	install -o 0 -g 0 -m 644 $(BIN).1 $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
++	install -d -m 755 $(PREFIX)/bin/
++	install -m 755 $(BIN) $(PREFIX)/bin/
++	install -d -m 755 $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
++	install -m 644 $(BIN).1 $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	-rm -Rf obj dep *.orig *.rej *~
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2ee56d44ef9..5d29c0a727c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5395,6 +5395,8 @@ let
     inherit (perlPackages) LocaleGettext TermReadKey RpcXML;
   };
 
+  b43FirmwareCutter = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/b43-firmware-cutter { };
+
   bcm43xx = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/bcm43xx { };
 
   bluez = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/bluez { };