diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/readline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/readline/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe60a4c51f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/readline/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ cabal, readline } :
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "readline";
+  version = "1.0.1.0";
+  sha256 = "07f2f039f32bf18838a4875d0f3caa3ed9436dd52b962b2061f0bb8a3316fa1d";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ readline ];
+  meta = {
+    description = "An interface to the GNU readline library";
+  };
+})  
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 7f3621d26cc..449921cfdfb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ rec {
     inherit cabal mtl;
   };
 
+  readline = import ../development/libraries/haskell/readline {
+    inherit cabal;
+    inherit (pkgs) readline;
+  };
+
   regexBase = import ../development/libraries/haskell/regex-base {
     inherit cabal mtl;
   };