diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index f67dbb29384..cf0940b49f1 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
   ./services/ttys/gpm.nix
   ./services/ttys/mingetty.nix
   ./services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
-  #./services/web-servers/jboss.nix
+  ./services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix
   ./services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
   ./services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix
   ./services/x11/display-managers/auto.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/builder.sh b/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2eb89a90f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+set -e
+
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+mkdir -p $out/bin
+
+cat > $out/bin/control <<EOF
+mkdir -p $logDir
+chown -R $user $logDir
+export PATH=$PATH:$su/bin
+
+start()
+{
+  su $user -s /bin/sh -c "$jboss/bin/run.sh \
+      -Djboss.server.base.dir=$serverDir \
+      -Djboss.server.base.url=file://$serverDir \
+      -Djboss.server.temp.dir=$tempDir \
+      -Djboss.server.log.dir=$logDir \
+      -Djboss.server.lib.url=$libUrl \
+      -c default"
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+  su $user -s /bin/sh -c "$jboss/bin/shutdown.sh -S"
+}
+
+if test "\$1" = start
+then
+  trap stop 15
+  
+  start
+elif test "\$1" = stop
+then
+  stop  
+elif test "\$1" = init
+then
+  echo "Are you sure you want to create a new server instance (old server instance will be lost!)?"
+  read answer
+
+  if ! test \$answer = "yes"
+  then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  
+  rm -rf $serverDir
+  mkdir -p $serverDir
+  cd $serverDir
+  cp -av $jboss/server/default .
+  sed -i -e "s|deploy/|$deployDir|" default/conf/jboss-service.xml
+  
+  if ! test "$useJK" = ""
+  then
+    sed -i -e 's|<attribute name="UseJK">false</attribute>|<attribute name="UseJK">true</attribute>|' default/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/META-INF/jboss-service.xml
+    sed -i -e 's|<Engine name="jboss.web" defaultHost="localhost">|<Engine name="jboss.web" defaultHost="localhost" jvmRoute="node1">|' default/deploy/jboss-web.deployer/server.xml
+  fi
+  
+  # Make files accessible for the server user
+  
+  chown -R $user $serverDir
+  for i in \`find $serverDir -type d\`
+  do
+    chmod 755 \$i
+  done
+  for i in \`find $serverDir -type f\`
+  do
+    chmod 644 \$i
+  done
+fi
+EOF
+
+chmod +x $out/bin/*
diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/jboss.nix b/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix
similarity index 91%
rename from modules/services/web-servers/jboss.nix
rename to modules/services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix
index bf7a8090b19..a1bdce50eee 100644
--- a/modules/services/web-servers/jboss.nix
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, pkgs, servicesPath, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
 
 with pkgs.lib;
 
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ let
 
   cfg = config.services.jboss;
   
-  jbossService = import (servicesPath + /jboss) {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv jboss su;
+  jbossService = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "jboss-server";
+    builder = ./builder.sh;
+    inherit (pkgs) jboss su;
     inherit (cfg) tempDir logDir libUrl deployDir serverDir user useJK;
   };