diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix
index c8905dcbafda..5be4f4a27ab4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0l3h7zvn3w4c1b9dgvl3hirc4aj1csfkgbk87jkpl7bgl03nk4j3";
   };
 
+  firmware = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://sigrok.org/download/binary/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw-bin-0.1.2.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0w0w6l015d16181mx8mgyjha4bv3ba7x36p86k9n1x52809433gj";
+  };
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libzip glib libusb1 libftdi check libserialport
     librevisa
   ];
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/sigrok-firmware/"
+    tar --strip-components=1 -xvf "${firmware}" -C "$out/share/sigrok-firmware/"
+  '';
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Core library of the sigrok signal analysis software suite";
     homepage = http://sigrok.org/;