diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..631a76224062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "pth-2.0.7";
+	
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = "mirror://gnu/pth/${name}.tar.gz";
+		sha256 = "0ckjqw5kz5m30srqi87idj7xhpw6bpki43mj07bazjm2qmh3cdbj";
+	};
+
+	meta = {
+		description = "The GNU Portable Threads";
+		homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/pth;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 837f15b964d0..6334456e21ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2354,6 +2354,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  pth = import ../development/libraries/pth {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   qt3 = import ../development/libraries/qt-3 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv x11 zlib libjpeg libpng which mysql mesa;
     inherit (xlibs) xextproto libXft libXrender libXrandr randrproto