diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ieee754/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ieee754/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba814ec34f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ieee754/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ cabal }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "ieee754";
+  version = "0.7.3";
+  sha256 = "0gq747h15inxbxbgmzmchb9a8p57rhv3bmj69idx5arh0d3whgv0";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/patperry/hs-ieee754";
+    description = "Utilities for dealing with IEEE floating point numbers";
+    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 807b40ead0f..17940572824 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -900,6 +900,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   hxtUnicode = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hxt-unicode {};
 
+  ieee754 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/ieee754 {};
+
   instantGenerics = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/instant-generics {};
 
   ioStorage = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/io-storage {};