diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/rubber/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/rubber/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..054632533a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/rubber/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, python, texinfo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rubber-1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ebeffara.free.fr/pub/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1xbkv8ll889933gyi2a5hj7hhh216k04gn8fwz5lfv5iz8s34gbq";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ python texinfo ];
+
+  patchPhase = "substituteInPlace configure --replace which \"type -P\"";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Rubber, a wrapper for LaTeX and friends";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Rubber is a program whose purpose is to handle all tasks related
+      to the compilation of LaTeX documents.  This includes compiling
+      the document itself, of course, enough times so that all
+      references are defined, and running BibTeX to manage
+      bibliographic references.  Automatic execution of dvips to
+      produce PostScript documents is also included, as well as usage
+      of pdfLaTeX to produce PDF documents.
+    '';
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    homepage = http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~beffara/soft/rubber/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cad17937db3b..536a3ad6e798 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1130,6 +1130,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libtorrent ncurses pkgconfig libsigcxx curl zlib openssl;
   };
 
+  rubber = import ../tools/typesetting/rubber {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv python texinfo;
+  };
+
   rxp = import ../tools/text/xml/rxp {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };