diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/protocol-buffers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/protocol-buffers/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf74e4fc4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/protocol-buffers/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ cabal, binary, filepath, mtl, syb, utf8String }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "protocol-buffers";
+  version = "2.0.14";
+  sha256 = "1wihnpvc7kjq345a6v702s42gmrqd9cjm50safc7kigyvhr5vm1i";
+  buildDepends = [ binary filepath mtl syb utf8String ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://code.haskell.org/protocol-buffers/";
+    description = "Parse Google Protocol Buffer specifications";
+    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 a837314cee1..8cddf060f17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1813,6 +1813,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
     fgl = self.fgl_5_4_2_4;
   };
 
+  protocolBuffers = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/protocol-buffers {};
+
   PSQueue = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/PSQueue {};
 
   publicsuffixlist = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/publicsuffixlist {};