diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 0ac867fc42..360630823e 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   gnu/packages/time.scm				\
   gnu/packages/tmux.scm				\
   gnu/packages/tor.scm				\
+  gnu/packages/uucp.scm				\
   gnu/packages/unrtf.scm			\
   gnu/packages/valgrind.scm			\
   gnu/packages/version-control.scm		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/uucp.scm b/gnu/packages/uucp.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b412bed9d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/uucp.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages uucp)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public uucp
+  (package
+    (name "uucp")
+    (version "1.07")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/uucp/uucp-"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "0b5nhl9vvif1w3wdipjsk8ckw49jj1w85xw1mmqi3zbcpazia306"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases (alist-replace
+                 'configure
+                 (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                   ;; The old 'configure' script doesn't support the arguments
+                   ;; that we pass by default.
+                   (setenv "CONFIG_SHELL" (which "sh"))
+                   (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+                     (zero? (system* "./configure"
+                                     (string-append "--prefix=" out)
+                                     (string-append "--infodir=" out
+                                                    "/share/info")))))
+                 %standard-phases)))
+    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/uucp/uucp.html")
+    (synopsis "UUCP protocol implementation")
+    (description
+     "Taylor UUCP is the GNU implementation of UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy), a
+set of utilities for remotely transferring files, email and net news
+between computers.")
+    (license gpl2+)))