diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdftk/legacy.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdftk/legacy.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72f25ef099bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdftk/legacy.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, gcj, unzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pdftk-2.02";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk-2.02-src.zip";
+    sha256 = "1hdq6zm2dx2f9h7bjrp6a1hfa1ywgkwydp14i2sszjiszljnm3qi";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ gcj unzip ];
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" "format" ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    cd pdftk
+    sed -e 's@/usr/bin/@@g' -i Makefile.*
+    NIX_ENFORCE_PURITY= \
+      make \
+      LIBGCJ="${gcj.cc}/share/java/libgcj-${gcj.cc.version}.jar" \
+      GCJ=gcj GCJH=gcjh GJAR=gjar \
+      -iC ../java all
+  '';
+
+  # Makefile.Debian has almost fitting defaults
+  makeFlags = [ "-f" "Makefile.Debian" "VERSUFF=" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
+    cp pdftk $out/bin
+    cp ../pdftk.1 $out/share/man/man1
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents";
+    homepage = https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [raskin];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4baf7fcdd9d..1de2dc748422 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20554,6 +20554,7 @@ in
 
   pdfcpu = callPackage ../applications/graphics/pdfcpu { };
   pdftk = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/pdftk { };
+  pdftk-legacy = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/typesetting/pdftk/legacy.nix { });
   pdfgrep  = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/pdfgrep { };
 
   pdfpc = callPackage ../applications/misc/pdfpc {