diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/digestive-functors-heist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/digestive-functors-heist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..acc75a3552a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/digestive-functors-heist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ cabal, digestiveFunctors, heist, text, xmlhtml }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "digestive-functors-heist";
+  version = "0.5.0.0";
+  sha256 = "1cqzpnr53mailnmjgkbqk4f4hrjd84h6682mr8x7qg5v27zvcdbn";
+  buildDepends = [ digestiveFunctors heist text xmlhtml ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/jaspervdj/digestive-functors";
+    description = "Heist frontend for the digestive-functors library";
+    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 67fef9ed23d..97c20986289 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   digestiveFunctors = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/digestive-functors {};
 
+  digestiveFunctorsHeist = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/digestive-functors-heist {};
+
   digestiveFunctorsSnap = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/digestive-functors-snap {};
 
   dimensional = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/dimensional {};