diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 91475393ba..5de5c6d06e 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   gnu/packages/tmux.scm				\
   gnu/packages/tor.scm				\
   gnu/packages/unrtf.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/valgrind.scm			\
   gnu/packages/version-control.scm		\
   gnu/packages/vim.scm				\
   gnu/packages/vpn.scm				\
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   gnu/packages/patches/tar-gets-undeclared.patch		\
   gnu/packages/patches/tcsh-fix-autotest.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/teckit-cstdio.patch			\
+  gnu/packages/patches/valgrind-glibc.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/vpnc-script.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/w3m-fix-compile.patch			\
   gnu/packages/patches/xpdf-constchar.patch
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/valgrind-glibc.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/valgrind-glibc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bee1abe71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/valgrind-glibc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+commit 3781ac11ff374b3517011c1710ec517d52f25cd2
+Author: tom <tom@a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9>
+Date:   Mon Jan 14 09:48:49 2013 +0000
+
+    Accept glibc 2.17 as valid.
+    
+    
+    git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@13228 a5019735-40e9-0310-863c-91ae7b9d1cf9
+
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
+index e0fb12d..0f3b3df 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.in
+@@ -906,6 +906,13 @@ case "${GLIBC_VERSION}" in
+ 	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.34567-NPTL-helgrind.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
+ 	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X-drd.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
+ 	;;
++     2.17)
++	AC_MSG_RESULT(2.17 family)
++	AC_DEFINE([GLIBC_2_17], 1, [Define to 1 if you're using glibc 2.17.x])
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.34567-NPTL-helgrind.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X-drd.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	;;
+      darwin)
+ 	AC_MSG_RESULT(Darwin)
+ 	AC_DEFINE([DARWIN_LIBC], 1, [Define to 1 if you're using Darwin])
+@@ -919,7 +926,7 @@ case "${GLIBC_VERSION}" in
+ 
+      *)
+ 	AC_MSG_RESULT([unsupported version ${GLIBC_VERSION}])
+-	AC_MSG_ERROR([Valgrind requires glibc version 2.2 - 2.16])
++	AC_MSG_ERROR([Valgrind requires glibc version 2.2 - 2.17])
+ 	AC_MSG_ERROR([or Darwin libc])
+ 	;;
+ esac
+diff -ur valgrind-3.8.1/config.h.in valgrind-3.8.1/config.h.in
+--- valgrind-3.8.1/config.h.in	2013-01-16 17:15:33.531018561 +0100
++++ valgrind-3.8.1/config.h.in	2013-01-16 17:19:21.000000000 +0100
+@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
+ /* Define to 1 if you're using glibc 2.16.x */
+ #undef GLIBC_2_16
+ 
++/* Define to 1 if you're using glibc 2.17.x */
++#undef GLIBC_2_17
++
+ /* Define to 1 if you're using glibc 2.2.x */
+ #undef GLIBC_2_2
+ 
+diff -ur valgrind-3.8.1/configure valgrind-3.8.1/configure
+--- valgrind-3.8.1/configure	2013-01-16 17:15:33.563018480 +0100
++++ valgrind-3.8.1/configure	2013-01-16 17:19:21.373643238 +0100
+@@ -6610,6 +6610,16 @@
+ 	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.34567-NPTL-helgrind.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
+ 	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X-drd.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
+ 	;;
++     2.17)
++	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: 2.17 family" >&5
++$as_echo "2.17 family" >&6; }
++
++$as_echo "#define GLIBC_2_17 1" >>confdefs.h
++
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.34567-NPTL-helgrind.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	DEFAULT_SUPP="glibc-2.X-drd.supp ${DEFAULT_SUPP}"
++	;;
+      darwin)
+ 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: Darwin" >&5
+ $as_echo "Darwin" >&6; }
+@@ -6630,7 +6640,7 @@
+      *)
+ 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: unsupported version ${GLIBC_VERSION}" >&5
+ $as_echo "unsupported version ${GLIBC_VERSION}" >&6; }
+-	as_fn_error "Valgrind requires glibc version 2.2 - 2.16" "$LINENO" 5
++	as_fn_error "Valgrind requires glibc version 2.2 - 2.17" "$LINENO" 5
+ 	as_fn_error "or Darwin libc" "$LINENO" 5
+ 	;;
+ esac
diff --git a/gnu/packages/valgrind.scm b/gnu/packages/valgrind.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..949f7d9a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/valgrind.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 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 valgrind)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gdb)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages))
+
+(define-public valgrind
+  (package
+    (name "valgrind")
+    (version "3.8.1")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "http://valgrind.org/downloads/valgrind-"
+                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32
+               "1nsqk70ry3221sd62s4f0njcrncppszs4xxjcak13lxyfq2y0fs7"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:patches (list (assoc-ref %build-inputs "patch/glibc-2.17"))
+       #:phases (alist-cons-after
+                 'install 'patch-suppression-files
+                 (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+                   ;; Don't assume the FHS.
+                   (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                          (dir (string-append out "/lib/valgrind")))
+                     (substitute* (find-files dir "\\.supp$")
+                       (("obj:/lib") "obj:*/lib")
+                       (("obj:/usr/X11R6/lib") "obj:*/lib")
+                       (("obj:/usr/lib") "obj:*/lib"))
+                     #t))
+                 %standard-phases)))
+    (inputs `(;; GDB is needed to provide a sane default for `--db-command'.
+              ("gdb" ,gdb)
+
+              ("patch/glibc-2.17"
+               ,(search-patch "valgrind-glibc.patch"))))
+    (native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)))
+    (home-page "http://www.valgrind.org/")
+    (synopsis "Debugging and profiling tool suite")
+    (description
+     "Valgrind is an instrumentation framework for building dynamic analysis
+tools.  There are Valgrind tools that can automatically detect many memory
+management and threading bugs, and profile your programs in detail. You can
+also use Valgrind to build new tools.")
+    (license gpl2+)))