diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 26643f075b0..b4d1461d1d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 , doHoogle ? true
 , editedCabalFile ? null
 , enableLibraryProfiling ? false
+, enableExecutableProfiling ? false
 , enableSharedExecutables ? ((ghc.isGhcjs or false) || stdenv.lib.versionOlder "7.7" ghc.version)
 , enableSharedLibraries ? ((ghc.isGhcjs or false) || stdenv.lib.versionOlder "7.7" ghc.version)
 , enableSplitObjs ? !stdenv.isDarwin # http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4013
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ let
     (optionalString useCpphs "--with-cpphs=${cpphs}/bin/cpphs --ghc-options=-cpp --ghc-options=-pgmP${cpphs}/bin/cpphs --ghc-options=-optP--cpp")
     (enableFeature enableSplitObjs "split-objs")
     (enableFeature enableLibraryProfiling "library-profiling")
+    (enableFeature enableExecutableProfiling "executable-profiling")
     (enableFeature enableSharedLibraries "shared")
     (optionalString (isGhcjs || versionOlder "7" ghc.version) (enableFeature enableStaticLibraries "library-vanilla"))
     (optionalString (isGhcjs || versionOlder "7.4" ghc.version) (enableFeature enableSharedExecutables "executable-dynamic"))