diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3a4e0df36d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib}:
+
+assert !isNull zlib;
+
+derivation {
+  name = "libxml2-2.6.5";
+  system = stdenv.system;
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://rpmfind.net/pub/libxml/libxml2-2.6.5.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "0ac5dd9902c9bf20f7bc50de1034d49f";
+  };
+  stdenv = stdenv;
+  zlib = zlib;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 2a95f59b8a09..1906c39b03d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libxml2;
   };
 
+  libxml2_265 = (import ../development/libraries/libxml2/libxml2-2.6.5.nix) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
+  };
+
   gettext = (import ../development/libraries/gettext) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };