diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/skype/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/skype/default.nix
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+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "skype-1.4";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static;
+    sha256 = "0k71byzaipmw8lb92aad4qyh9rk0fnn3za74v1h268h09gkkd8mz";
+    name = "skype_static-1.4.0.99.tar.bz2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [alsaLib glibc libSM libICE libXi libXrender libXrandr libXfixes 
+      libXcursor libXinerama freetype fontconfig libXext libX11 
+    fontconfig libXinerama libsigcxx gcc41.gcc ]);
+
+  phases = "installPhase";
+  installPhase ="
+
+    ensureDir \$out/{opt/skype/,bin};
+    cp -r * \$out/opt/skype/;
+    cat >\$out/bin/skype << EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+      \$out/opt/skype/skype
+EOF
+    chmod +x \$out/bin/skype
+
+fullPath=
+for i in \$buildInputs; do
+    fullPath=\$fullPath\${fullPath:+:}\$i/lib
+done
+          
+    echo patchelf --interpreter \"\$(cat \$NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)\" \\
+    --set-rpath \$fullPath \\
+    \$out/opt/skype/skype
+    patchelf --interpreter \"\$(cat \$NIX_GCC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)\" \\
+    --set-rpath \$fullPath \\
+    \$out/opt/skype/skype
+  ";
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "A P2P-VoiceIP client";
+      homepage = http://www.skype.com;
+      license = "skype-eula";
+  };
+}