diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..461780c1853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ cabal, aeson, attoparsec, caseInsensitive, conduit, dataDefault
+, failure, HTTP, httpConduit, httpTypes, network, text, time
+, unorderedContainers, vector
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "github";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+  sha256 = "1zq9cwvpd6s8xd1ki2ifsj79vd4rm8vab9731f2p8zdm8g7mh5gd";
+  buildDepends = [
+    aeson attoparsec caseInsensitive conduit dataDefault failure HTTP
+    httpConduit httpTypes network text time unorderedContainers vector
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mike-burns/github";
+    description = "Access to the Github API, v3";
+    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 273cd940316..7501042d247 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   gio = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/gio {};
 
+  github = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/github {};
+
   gitit = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/gitit {};
 
   glade = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/glade {