diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/modutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/modutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f2b2a96ac6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/modutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, bison, flex}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "modutils-2.4.25";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.nl.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/modutils/v2.4/modutils-2.4.25.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "2c0cca3ef6330a187c6ef4fe41ecaa4d";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [bison flex];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index a8688fd578a7..5fb9590d7b3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -731,6 +731,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  modutils = (import ../os-specific/linux/modutils) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv bison flex;
+  };
+
   shadowutils = (import ../os-specific/linux/shadow) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };