diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..449b13ab55b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/dovecot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dovecot-1.0.alpha2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.dovecot.org/releases/dovecot-1.0.alpha2.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "ea33ac1bf13a8252d880082ef6811081" ;
+  };
+  
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 6fbc286cc45f..621ba7d7d6ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -637,6 +637,10 @@ rec {
     j2sdk = j2sdk15;
   };
 
+  dovecot = (import ../servers/mail/dovecot) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ;
+  };
+
   tomcat5 = (import ../servers/http/tomcat) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ;
     j2sdk = blackdown;