diff --git a/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml-build.sh b/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml-build.sh
index 36bb0bfcad3a..75ff4d772d00 100755
--- a/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml-build.sh
+++ b/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml-build.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 mkdir -p $out/xml/dtd/docbook || exit 1
 cd $out/xml/dtd/docbook || exit 1
-unzip $src || exit 1
+$unzip/bin/unzip $src || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml.fix b/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml.fix
index 56f4f32bb861..686d4538f2bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml.fix
+++ b/pkgs/docbook-xml/docbook-xml.fix
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ Package(
       ]))
 
   , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv/stdenv.fix"))
+  , ("unzip", IncludeFix("unzip/unzip.fix"))
   ]
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/unzip/unzip-build.sh b/pkgs/unzip/unzip-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..90613620c7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/unzip/unzip-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd unzip-* || exit 1
+make -f unix/Makefile generic || exit 1
+make -f unix/Makefile prefix=$out install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/unzip/unzip.fix b/pkgs/unzip/unzip.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55b19c22af6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/unzip/unzip.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Package(
+  [ ("name", "unzip-5.50")
+
+  , ("build", Relative("unzip/unzip-build.sh"))
+
+  , ("src", Call(IncludeFix("fetchurl/fetchurl.fix"),
+      [ ("url", "ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src/unzip550.tar.gz")
+      , ("md5", "798592d62e37f92571184236947122ed")
+      ]))
+
+  , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv/stdenv.fix"))
+  ]
+)