diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/assert-failure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/assert-failure/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abc520e7b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/assert-failure/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ cabal, prettyShow, text }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "assert-failure";
+  version = "0.1";
+  sha256 = "1xwd6rhka9gzmldkaw3d7262h51wxw9dwgip39q8pjkvvfs5kwkr";
+  buildDepends = [ prettyShow text ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Mikolaj/assert-failure";
+    description = "Syntactic sugar improving 'assert' and 'error'";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index c1884876150..1eeb36ddea2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   arrows = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/arrows {};
 
+  assertFailure = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/assert-failure {};
+
   asn1Data = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/asn1-data {};
 
   asn1Types = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/asn1-types {};