diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/streaming-commons/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/streaming-commons/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fec0ddf79cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/streaming-commons/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ cabal, deepseq, hspec, network, QuickCheck, text, transformers
+, zlib
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "streaming-commons";
+  version = "0.1.0.2";
+  sha256 = "1idlhvlv5pg20xq8h4rmphyflvpc9q88krwm498mh3s4983ik28c";
+  buildDepends = [ network text transformers zlib ];
+  testDepends = [ deepseq hspec QuickCheck text zlib ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fpco/streaming-commons";
+    description = "Common lower-level functions needed by various streaming data libraries";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 2991862969b..ba263948662 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2258,6 +2258,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   StrafunskiStrategyLib = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/Strafunski-StrategyLib {};
 
+  streamingCommons = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/streaming-commons {};
+
   streamproc = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/streamproc {};
 
   strict = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/strict {};