diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ReadArgs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ReadArgs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9375eba3cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ReadArgs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ cabal, systemFilepath, text }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "ReadArgs";
+  version = "1.2";
+  sha256 = "0qkrg9kii15gl5pqzk63vmcs2w3clwdsxzlc5g224cwi3rnc6flp";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [ systemFilepath text ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/rampion/ReadArgs";
+    description = "Simple command line argument parsing";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index adeeb66d192..372b5d34acb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1377,6 +1377,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   reactiveBananaWx = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/reactive-banana-wx {};
 
+  ReadArgs = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/ReadArgs {};
+
   readline = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/readline {
     inherit (pkgs) readline;
   };