diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 653b99a93d..36ae689771 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   gnu/packages/cmake.scm			\
   gnu/packages/compression.scm			\
   gnu/packages/complexity.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/cook.scm 			\
   gnu/packages/cpio.scm				\
   gnu/packages/cppi.scm				\
   gnu/packages/cross-base.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cook.scm b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b82c8aae30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/cook.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 John Darrington <jmd@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 cook)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ed)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages groff)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
+
+(define-public cook
+  (package
+    (name "cook")
+    (version "2.34")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append
+             "http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/software/cook/cook-" version
+             ".tar.gz")) 
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "104saqnqql1l7zr2pm3f718fdky3ds8j07c6xvwrs1rfkhrw58yw"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:parallel-build? #f ; There are some nasty racy rules in the Makefile.
+       #:phases 
+       (alist-cons-before
+        'configure 'pre-conf
+        (lambda _ 
+          (substitute* (append '("common/env.c")
+                               (find-files "test" "\\.sh"))
+            (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
+
+          ;; Guix's binutils (because it wants bit-reproducable builds) is
+          ;; is configured with the  --enable-deterministic-archives flag.
+          ;; This means the timestamp of files appended to an ar archive
+          ;; are automatically and silently mutated to 00:00 1 Jan 1970
+          ;; which plays havoc with this test, for which correct timestamps
+          ;; are very important. Adding the U flag undoes the effect of
+          ;; --enable-deterministic-archives and allows this test to work
+          ;; again.   
+          (substitute* "test/00/t0077a.sh"
+            (("ar qc") "ar qcU"))
+
+          (setenv "SH" (which "sh")))
+        %standard-phases)))
+    (native-inputs `(("bison" ,bison)
+                     ;; For building the documentation:
+                     ("groff" ,groff)
+                     ;; For the tests:
+                     ("sharutils" ,sharutils)
+                     ;; One test wants rsh.  However there is no rsh server
+                     ;; running in the build environment and so far as I'm
+                     ;; aware, it cannot be started without root.
+                     ;; This test is therefore just skipped.
+                     ;; ("inetutils" ,inetutils)
+                     ("ed" ,ed)))
+    (home-page "http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/software/cook")
+    (synopsis "A tool for constructing files")
+    (description "Cook is a tool for constructing files. It is given a set of
+files to create, and recipes of how to create them. In any non-trivial program
+there will be prerequisites to performing the actions necessary to creating
+any file, such as include files. Cook provides a mechanism to define these.")
+    (license gpl3+)))