diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/atheros/r3693.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/atheros/r3693.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..159a44cb224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/atheros/r3693.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+args : with args;
+	let localDefs = builderDefs {
+		src = fetchurl {
+			url = http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-trunk/madwifi-trunk-r3693-20080602.tar.gz;
+			sha256 = "0r9nnxcq50rgwcm9y93rpk3mqknl3ixkxkd72437b55qlz1f9vs3";
+		};
+
+		buildInputs = [];
+		configureFlags = [];
+		makeFlags = [''KERNELPATH=${kernel}/lib/modules/*/build'' ''DESTDIR=$out''];
+		hal20080528 = fetchurl {
+		  url = http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz;
+		  sha256 = "1a6glkd8n46876hl48ib08p81qwsvrk4153j4b9xrxgid6f8bar9";
+		};
+	} null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+	in with localDefs;
+let
+preBuild = FullDepEntry (''
+	echo Replacing HAL.
+	tar xvf ${hal20080528}
+	rm -r hal
+	mv ath_hal-* hal
+'') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+postInstall = FullDepEntry (''
+	ln -s $out/usr/local/bin $out/bin
+'') [minInit doMakeInstall];
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "atheros-"+version;
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure localDefs 
+			((lib.optional 
+				(lib.getAttr ["freshHAL"] false args)
+				preBuild)
+			++ [doMakeInstall postInstall
+			doForceShare doPropagate]));
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+		Atheros WiFi driver.
+";
+		inherit src;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 43d5f1a72a7..547eeedf84f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4830,7 +4830,7 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     };
 
     atheros = composedArgsAndFun (selectVersion ../os-specific/linux/atheros "0.9.4") {
-      inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs kernel;
+      inherit fetchurl stdenv builderDefs kernel lib;
     } null;
 
     nvidiaDrivers = import ../os-specific/linux/nvidia {