diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4cc9feb37e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/sbcl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+a :  
+let 
+  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+
+  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "1.0.28" a; 
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    clisp makeWrapper
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sbcl/sbcl-${version}-source.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0jzi6zw73pll44fjllamiwvq5dihig2dcw3hl9h5a37948wnn0h4";
+  };
+
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["setVars" "doFixTests" "doBuild" "doInstall" "doWrap"];
+      
+  setVars = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    export INSTALL_ROOT=$out
+  '') ["minInit"];
+
+  doWrap = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/sbcl" --set "SBCL_HOME" "$out/lib/sbcl"
+  '') ["minInit" "addInputs"];
+
+  doFixTests = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    sed -e 's/"sys"/"wheel"/' -i contrib/sb-posix/posix-tests.lisp
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+
+  doBuild = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    sh make.sh clisp
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "addInputs"];
+
+  doInstall = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    sh install.sh
+  '') ["doBuild" "minInit" "addInputs"];
+
+  name = "sbcl-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Lisp compiler";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/2.44.1.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/2.44.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ce38a6ed485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/2.44.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  v = "2.44.1";
+  name = "clisp-${v}";
+  src =
+	fetchurl {
+		url = "mirror://gnu/clisp/release/${v}/${name}.tar.gz";
+		sha256 = "0rkp6j6rih4s5d9acifh7pi4b9xfgcspif512l269dqy9qgyy4j1";
+	};
+
+  inherit libsigsegv gettext coreutils;
+  buildInputs = [libsigsegv gettext ncurses readline libX11 libXau
+	libXt pcre zlib libXpm xproto libXext xextproto libffi
+	libffcall];
+ 
+  # First, replace port 9090 (rather low, can be used)
+  # with 64237 (much higher, IANA private area, not
+  # anything rememberable).
+  patchPhase = ''
+  sed -e 's@9090@64237@g' -i tests/socket.tst
+  sed -i 's@/bin/pwd@${coreutils}&@' src/clisp-link.in
+  find . -type f | xargs sed -e 's/-lICE/-lXau &/' -i
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-readline builddir --with-dynamic-ffi
+  --with-module=clx/new-clx --with-module=i18n --with-module=bindings/glibc
+  --with-module=pcre --with-module=rawsock --with-module=readline
+  --with-module=syscalls --with-module=wildcard --with-module=zlib";
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -e '/avcall.h/a\#include "config.h"' -i src/foreign.d
+    cd builddir
+  '';
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-O0";
+
+  # TODO : make mod-check fails
+  doCheck = 1;
+
+  meta = {
+	  description = "ANSI Common Lisp Implementation";
+	  homepage = http://clisp.cons.org;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/default.nix
index c20ba9b128f9..bd074138c4a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 args: with args;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  v = "2.43";
+  v = "2.47";
   name = "clisp-${v}";
   src =
 	fetchurl {
-		url = "mirror://gnu/clisp/release/${v}/${name}.tar.bz2";
-		sha256 = "10qyn6wccnayf1cyvrcanay6c6laar6z1r608w7ijp6nb763q8dm";
+		url = "mirror://gnu/clisp/release/${v}/${name}.tar.gz";
+		sha256 = "0slfx519pk75y5rf7wfna7jgyhkr4qp29z9zd1rcnnrhps11bpn7";
 	};
 
   inherit libsigsegv gettext coreutils;
   buildInputs = [libsigsegv gettext ncurses readline libX11 libXau
-	libXt pcre zlib libXpm xproto libXext xextproto];
+	libXt pcre zlib libXpm xproto libXext xextproto libffi
+	libffcall];
  
   # First, replace port 9090 (rather low, can be used)
   # with 64237 (much higher, IANA private area, not
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   --with-module=pcre --with-module=rawsock --with-module=readline
   --with-module=syscalls --with-module=wildcard --with-module=zlib";
 
-  preBuild = "cd builddir";
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -e '/avcall.h/a\#include "config.h"' -i src/foreign.d
+    cd builddir
+  '';
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-O0";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libffcall/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libffcall/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a3ad8995f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libffcall/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+a :  
+let 
+  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+
+  version = a.lib.attrByPath ["version"] "2009-05-27" a; 
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchcvs {
+    cvsRoot = ":pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/libffcall";
+    module = "ffcall";
+    date = version;
+    sha256 = "91bcb5a20c85a9ccab45886aae8fdbbcf1f20f995ef898e8bdd2964448daf724";
+  };
+
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  doConfigure = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    for i in ./configure */configure; do
+      cwd="$PWD"
+      cd "$(dirname "$i")"; 
+      ( test -f Makefile && make distclean ) || true
+      ./configure --prefix=$out
+      cd "$cwd"
+    done
+  '') a.doConfigure.deps;
+
+  name = "libffcall-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Foreign fuction call library";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04cb80174d3c..9c133240ba6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2041,6 +2041,11 @@ let
     inherit mysql libxml2 fcgi;
   };
 
+  sbcl = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/compilers/sbcl) {
+    inherit makeWrapper;
+    clisp = clisp_2_44_1;
+  };
+
   scala = import ../development/compilers/scala {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl;
   };
@@ -2117,7 +2122,16 @@ let
 
   clisp = import ../development/interpreters/clisp {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libsigsegv gettext
-      readline ncurses coreutils pcre zlib;
+      readline ncurses coreutils pcre zlib libffi libffcall;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXau libXt xproto
+      libXpm libXext xextproto;
+  };
+
+  # compatibility issues in 2.47 - at list 2.44.1 is known good
+  # for sbcl bootstrap
+  clisp_2_44_1 = import ../development/interpreters/clisp/2.44.1.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv libsigsegv gettext
+      readline ncurses coreutils pcre zlib libffi libffcall;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXau libXt xproto
       libXpm libXext xextproto;
   };
@@ -3434,6 +3448,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs zlib;
   };
 
+  libffcall = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/libraries/libffcall) {
+    inherit fetchcvs;
+  };
+
   libffi = import ../development/libraries/libffi {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
@@ -6798,7 +6816,8 @@ let
   };
 
   stumpwm = builderDefsPackage (import ../applications/window-managers/stumpwm) {
-    inherit clisp texinfo;
+    inherit texinfo;
+    clisp = clisp_2_44_1;
   };
 
   subversion = subversion16;