diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gdiff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ea5e4877fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gdiff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{cabal}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "gdiff";
+  version = "1.0";
+  sha256 = "35257b1090cf78f95d24c7a89920863c1d824652311fa5793693d7d06d96517b";
+  meta = {
+    description = "Generic diff and patch";
+    license = "BSD";
+    maintainers = [self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres];
+  };
+})  
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 4a977b852c5..9d4f276d9b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ rec {
     inherit cabal mtl;
   };
 
+  gdiff = import ../development/libraries/haskell/gdiff {
+    inherit cabal;
+  };
+
   getOptions = import ../development/libraries/haskell/get-options {
     inherit (pkgs) fetchurl sourceFromHead;
     inherit cabal mtl;