diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hal/info.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hal/info.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8f80e4c5bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/hal/info.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, hal}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "hal-info-20090414";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "03zsh4psq189k7i8mwazsmallwc10naavkdrp1sp68jjjkf8gp9k";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig hal];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal;
+    description = "Hardware data and quirks for HAL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9828e6fecc13..8e56a7fa46ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4614,6 +4614,10 @@ let
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
   };
 
+  hal_info = import ../os-specific/linux/hal/info.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig hal;
+  };
+
   hdparm = import ../os-specific/linux/hdparm {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };