diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8549da4267ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I$ncurses/include/ncurses"
+
+preInstall=preInstall
+preInstall() {
+    ensureDir "$prefix/bin"
+    ensureDir "$prefix/sbin"
+    ensureDir "$prefix/lib"
+    ensureDir "$prefix/share/man/man1"
+    ensureDir "$prefix/share/man/man5"
+    ensureDir "$prefix/share/man/man8"
+}
+
+genericBuild
+
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0cd6fdb9ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "procps-2.0.11";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surriel.com/procps/procps-2.0.11.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "8b9464631ebb02f1c2bcda16fb81d62f";
+  };
+  patches = [./makefile.patch];
+  buildInputs = [ncurses];
+  inherit ncurses;
+  # Needed for `sort -n +2' invocation in the Makefile.
+  _POSIX2_VERSION = "199209";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/makefile.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a41f4eed2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps/makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+diff -rc procps-orig/Makefile procps-2.0.11/Makefile
+*** procps-orig/Makefile	2002-12-04 21:49:07.000000000 +0100
+--- procps-2.0.11/Makefile	2005-01-21 19:20:41.092274872 +0100
+***************
+*** 3,19 ****
+  
+  export PREFIX     =  #proc# prefix for program names
+  
+! export DESTDIR    =
+! export MANDIR     =  /usr/share/man
+  export MAN1DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
+  export MAN5DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
+  export MAN8DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8
+  export BINDIR     =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
+  export SBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/sbin
+! export XBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/usr/X11R6/bin
+! export USRBINDIR  =  $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin
+! export PROCDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin# /usr/proc/bin for Solaris devotees
+! export OWNERGROUP =  --owner 0 --group 0
+  export INSTALLBIN =  install --strip
+  export INSTALLLIB =  install
+  export INSTALLSCT =  install
+--- 3,19 ----
+  
+  export PREFIX     =  #proc# prefix for program names
+  
+! export DESTDIR    =  $(out)
+! export MANDIR     =  /share/man
+  export MAN1DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
+  export MAN5DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
+  export MAN8DIR    =  $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man8
+  export BINDIR     =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
+  export SBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/sbin
+! export XBINDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
+! export USRBINDIR  =  $(DESTDIR)/bin
+! export PROCDIR    =  $(DESTDIR)/bin# /usr/proc/bin for Solaris devotees
+! export OWNERGROUP =  
+  export INSTALLBIN =  install --strip
+  export INSTALLLIB =  install
+  export INSTALLSCT =  install
+***************
+*** 30,36 ****
+  
+  # easy to command-line override
+  export GCC_WARN   =  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow
+! export INCDIRS    =  -I/usr/include/ncurses -I/usr/X11R6/include
+  export CC         =  gcc #-ggdb # this gets compiling and linking :-)
+  export OPT        =  -O3
+  export CFLAGS     =  -D_GNU_SOURCE $(OPT) $(GCC_WARN) -I$(shell pwd) $(INCDIRS)
+--- 30,36 ----
+  
+  # easy to command-line override
+  export GCC_WARN   =  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow
+! export INCDIRS    =  
+  export CC         =  gcc #-ggdb # this gets compiling and linking :-)
+  export OPT        =  -O3
+  export CFLAGS     =  -D_GNU_SOURCE $(OPT) $(GCC_WARN) -I$(shell pwd) $(INCDIRS)
+Only in procps-2.0.11/: Makefile.~1.71.~
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 0f9f3f9eeb04..b71a304a1014 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -739,6 +739,12 @@ rec {
     ant = apacheAntBlackdown14;
   };
 
+  /*
+  mysql = (import ../servers/sql/mysql) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+  */
+
   jetty = (import ../servers/http/jetty) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
@@ -779,6 +785,10 @@ rec {
     glibc = stdenv.gcc.glibc;
   };
 
+  procps = import ../os-specific/linux/procps {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+  };
+
   
   ### DATA