diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/text/1.0.0.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/text/1.0.0.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe740864970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/text/1.0.0.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ cabal, deepseq, HUnit, QuickCheck, random, testFramework
+, testFrameworkHunit, testFrameworkQuickcheck2
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "text";
+  version = "1.0.0.0";
+  sha256 = "13i7xn5xl8lc5hcd08i4n0qp9rx51588jnjn4c68gp87vw1gwvjn";
+  buildDepends = [ deepseq ];
+  testDepends = [
+    deepseq HUnit QuickCheck random testFramework testFrameworkHunit
+    testFrameworkQuickcheck2
+  ];
+  doCheck = false;
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/bos/text";
+    description = "An efficient packed Unicode text type";
+    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 6351ea3bcb0..ed7dddae7f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
     split        = self.split_0_2_2;
     stm          = self.stm_2_4_2;
     syb          = self.syb_0_4_1;
-    text         = self.text_0_11_3_1;
+    text         = self.text_1_0_0_0;
     transformers = self.transformers_0_3_0_0;   # this has become a core package in GHC 7.7
     unorderedContainers = self.unorderedContainers_0_2_3_3;
     vector       = self.vector_0_10_9_1;
@@ -2155,7 +2155,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
   text_0_11_2_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/text/0.11.2.0.nix {};
   text_0_11_2_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/text/0.11.2.3.nix {};
   text_0_11_3_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/text/0.11.3.1.nix {};
-  text = self.text_0_11_3_1;
+  text_1_0_0_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/text/1.0.0.0.nix {};
+  text = self.text_1_0_0_0;
 
   textFormat = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/text-format {};