diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.8.0.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.8.0.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfb256eb9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.8.0.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This file was auto-generated by cabal2nix. Please do NOT edit manually!
+
+{ cabal, attoparsec, blazeBuilder, deepseq, dlist, hashable, HUnit
+, mtl, QuickCheck, scientific, syb, testFramework
+, testFrameworkHunit, testFrameworkQuickcheck2, text, time
+, unorderedContainers, vector
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "aeson";
+  version = "0.8.0.0";
+  sha256 = "0p2x03wjawhav87jp57vwclra0gjwn1gqk74zgnji25ypwsvgkk4";
+  buildDepends = [
+    attoparsec blazeBuilder deepseq dlist hashable mtl scientific syb
+    text time unorderedContainers vector
+  ];
+  testDepends = [
+    attoparsec HUnit QuickCheck testFramework testFrameworkHunit
+    testFrameworkQuickcheck2 text time unorderedContainers vector
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bos/aeson";
+    description = "Fast JSON parsing and encoding";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 5fbe038ceb1..82fe8b08c4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   aeson_0_7_0_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.7.0.4.nix { blazeBuilder = null; };
   aeson_0_7_0_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.7.0.6.nix { blazeBuilder = null; };
-  aeson = self.aeson_0_7_0_6;
+  aeson_0_8_0_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson/0.8.0.0.nix { blazeBuilder = null; };
+  aeson = self.aeson_0_8_0_0;
 
   aesonPretty = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/aeson-pretty {};