diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/145.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/145.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43ae9c35e000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udev/145.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gperf, pkgconfig, glib, acl, libusb, usbutils, pciutils}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "udev-145";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1zmibp6n7d582fqx8vmg9vb2a1435hghfpz36056bc25ccwf7yiv";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gperf pkgconfig glib acl libusb usbutils];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-pci-ids-path=${pciutils}/share/pci.ids";
+
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      substituteInPlace extras/keymap/Makefile.in \
+        --replace /usr/include ${stdenv.glibc}/include
+    '';
+
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      # Install some rules that really should be installed by default.
+      for i in 40-alsa.rules 40-infiniband.rules 40-isdn.rules 40-pilot-links.rules 64-device-mapper.rules 64-md-raid.rules; do
+        cp rules/packages/$i $out/libexec/rules.d/
+      done
+
+      # The path to rule_generator.functions in write_cd_rules and
+      # write_net_rules is broken.  Also, don't store the mutable
+      # persistant rules in /etc/udev/rules.d but in
+      # /var/lib/udev/rules.d.
+      for i in $out/libexec/write_cd_rules $out/libexec/write_net_rules; do
+        substituteInPlace $i \
+          --replace /lib/udev $out/libexec \
+          --replace /etc/udev/rules.d /var/lib/udev/rules.d
+      done
+
+      # Don't set PATH to /bin:/sbin; won't work in NixOS.
+      substituteInPlace $out/libexec/rule_generator.functions \
+        --replace 'PATH=' '#PATH='
+
+      # Don't hardcore the FIRMWARE_DIRS variable; obtain it from the
+      # environment of the caller.
+      sed '3,4d' -i $out/libexec/firmware.sh
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html;
+    description = "Udev manages the /dev filesystem";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4498c3c145c3..4b20300f5abc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5656,6 +5656,7 @@ let
     cross = assert crossSystem != null; crossSystem;
   };
 
+  udev145 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/udev/145.nix { };
   udev166 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/udev/166.nix { };
   udev = udev166;