diff --git a/pkgs/bzip2/bzip2-build.sh b/pkgs/bzip2/bzip2-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2fa113aa17a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/bzip2/bzip2-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd bzip2-* || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install PREFIX=$out || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/bzip2/bzip2.fix b/pkgs/bzip2/bzip2.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff9f42b0d160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/bzip2/bzip2.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Package(
+  [ ("name", "bzip2-1.0.2")
+
+  , ("build", Relative("bzip2/bzip2-build.sh"))
+
+  , ("src", Call(IncludeFix("fetchurl/fetchurl.fix"),
+      [ ("url", "ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/bzip2/v102/bzip2-1.0.2.tar.gz")
+      , ("md5", "ee76864958d568677f03db8afad92beb")
+      ]))
+
+  , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv-linux/stdenv-nativetools.fix"))
+  ]
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix b/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
index 1d7e472410b9..0137b3d3a158 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Function(["nativeTools"],
         , IncludeFix("gnutar/gnutar.fix")
         , IncludeFix("diffutils/diffutils.fix")
         , IncludeFix("gzip/gzip.fix")
+        , IncludeFix("bzip2/bzip2.fix")
         , IncludeFix("gnumake/gnumake.fix")
         , IncludeFix("binutils/binutils.fix")
         ]))