diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6c337e306f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.4.7";
+  name = "nodejs-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1vixb54an9zp2zvc0z8pn6r6bv823wwy9m06xr4zzss9apw5yh2w";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -e 's|^#!/usr/bin/env python$|#!${python}/bin/python|g' -i tools/{*.py,waf-light,node-waf}
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ python openssl ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; { 
+    description = "Event-driven I/O framework for the V8 JavaScript engine";
+    homepage = http://nodejs.org;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 52aed19148c7..169c4e3b74f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ let
 
   most = callPackage ../tools/misc/most { };
 
+  nodejs = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs {};
+
   lftp = callPackage ../tools/networking/lftp { };
 
   libtorrent = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/libtorrent { };