diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/0.8.0.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/0.8.0.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/compiz/0.8.0.nix
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+args : with args;
+	let localDefs = builderDefs.passthru.function {
+		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
+		  fetchurl {
+		    url = "http://releases.compiz-fusion.org/core/compiz-0.8.0.tar.gz";
+		    sha256 = "0xhyilfz2cfbdwni774b54171addjqw7hda6j6snzxb1igny7iry";
+		  };
+		buildInputs = [
+			    pkgconfig gtk libwnck GConf libgnome 
+			    libgnomeui metacity gnomegtk glib pango libglade libgtkhtml 
+			    gtkhtml libgnomecanvas libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui gnomepanel 
+			    librsvg fuse gettext intltool
+		];
+		  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+		    libpng libXcomposite libXfixes libXdamage libXrandr libXinerama
+		    libICE libSM startupnotification mesa GConf perl perlXMLParser libxslt
+		    dbus.libs dbus_glib compositeproto fixesproto damageproto randrproto
+		    xineramaproto renderproto kbproto xextproto libXrender xproto libX11
+		    libxcb
+		  ];
+		configureFlags = ["--enable-gtk" "--enable-fuse" 
+			"--enable-annotate" "--enable-librsvg"] ++ 
+			(if args ? extraConfigureFlags then args.extraConfigureFlags else []);
+	};
+	in with localDefs;
+let
+	postAll = FullDepEntry ("
+    for i in $out/bin/*; do
+     patchelf --set-rpath /var/run/opengl-driver/lib:$(patchelf --print-rpath $i) $i
+    done
+    ensureDir \$out/share/compiz-plugins/
+    ln -sfv \$out/lib/compiz \$out/share/compiz-plugins/
+  ") [minInit doMakeInstall defEnsureDir];
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation 
+rec {
+	name = "compiz-0.8.0";
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure localDefs [doPatch doConfigure doMakeInstall doPropagate 
+			doForceShare postAll]);
+	inherit propagatedBuildInputs;
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+	Compiz window manager
+";
+		inherit src;
+	};
+}
+