diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hflags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hflags/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17c01f9a659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hflags/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ cabal, text }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "hflags";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+  sha256 = "0nn08xqn0hvdlblnaad3nsdfkc0ssab6kvhi4qbrcq9jmjmspld3";
+  buildDepends = [ text ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/errge/hflags";
+    description = "Command line flag parser, very similar to Google's gflags";
+    license = "Apache-2.0";
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index a0d5bad3ec1..87882597a48 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1143,6 +1143,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   heist = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/heist {};
 
+  hflags = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hflags {};
+
   HFuse = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HFuse {};
 
   highlightingKate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate {};