diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c52784826ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ cabal, deepseq, hashable, smallcheck, tasty, tastySmallcheck
+, text
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "scientific";
+  version = "0.1.0.0";
+  sha256 = "1x3c8z1d7nhr1z5dlbs60pxfrgclfbwjhrkpvr0jnz0fpy2m9x5r";
+  buildDepends = [ deepseq hashable text ];
+  testDepends = [ smallcheck tasty tastySmallcheck text ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/basvandijk/scientific";
+    description = "Arbitrary-precision floating-point numbers represented using scientific notation";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.ocharles ];
+  };
+  doCheck = false;
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index daba9950319..9ada4221374 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1910,6 +1910,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   SafeSemaphore = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/SafeSemaphore {};
 
+  scientific = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scientific {};
+
   scotty = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scotty {};
 
   securemem = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/securemem {};