diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b2ca7f1b8f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "module-init-tools-3.2-pre9";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-3.2-pre9.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "f0ede5936c52e3d59411bd9594ad364f";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index ddc83ad7dc03..dc7cc963d276 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1088,6 +1088,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv bison flex;
   };
 
+  module_init_tools = (import ../os-specific/linux/module-init-tools) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   shadowutils = (import ../os-specific/linux/shadow) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };