diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/transformers-base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/transformers-base/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21788575302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/transformers-base/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ cabal, transformers }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "transformers-base";
+  version = "0.4";
+  sha256 = "1g6q1g0ddr3jjjir0h1g6bc0zpq5gxcyx4q93fidraxxz2pmfrs0";
+  buildDepends = [ transformers ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mvv/transformers-base";
+    description = "Lift computations from the bottom of a transformer stack";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index d06a85814be..1d99fd42aaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1213,6 +1213,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
   transformers_0_2_2_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/transformers/0.2.2.0.nix {};
   transformers = self.transformers_0_2_2_0;
 
+  transformersBase = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/transformers-base {};
+
   tuple = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/tuple {};
 
   typeEquality = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/type-equality {};