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+{ stdenv, fetchgit, boost, zlib, libevent, openssl, python, automake, autoconf
+, libtool, pkgconfig, bison, flex
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "thrift-0.9.1";
+
+  # I take git, because the tarball is broken.
+  # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18643642/libtool-error-building-thrift-0-9-1-on-ubuntu-13-04
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/thrift.git";
+    rev = "ff980c1432936c6bc897c60469ab05b5e0c6cb5e";
+    md5 = "466aca9e43e43df868f4385af50e32f6";
+  };
+
+  #enableParallelBuilding = true; problems on hydra
+
+  # Fixes build error: <flex>/lib/libfl.so: undefined reference to `yylex'.
+  # Patch exists in upstream git repo, so it can be removed on the next version
+  # bump.
+  patches = [ ./yylex.patch ];
+
+  # Workaround to make the python wrapper not drop this package:
+  # pythonFull.override { extraLibs = [ thrift ]; }
+  pythonPath = [];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost zlib libevent openssl python automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig
+    bison flex
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = "sh bootstrap.sh; export PY_PREFIX=$out";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for scalable cross-language services";
+    homepage = http://thrift.apache.org/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}