diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f4e2787e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, SDL}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation { 
+  name = "dosbox-0.63";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dosbox/dosbox-0.63.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "629413e41224ae9cdd115fdafd55cbdc";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [SDL];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index d6fa7a7d7ea..7ec8b2af837 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1891,6 +1891,10 @@ rec {
     inherit (gtkLibs1x) gtk;
   };
 
+  dosbox = (import ../misc/emulators/dosbox) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv SDL;
+  };
+
   tetex = (import ../misc/tex/tetex) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv flex bison zlib libpng ncurses ed;
   };