diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hobbes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hobbes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c9b2d45ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/hobbes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ cabal, filemanip, filepath, fsnotify, systemFilepath, text }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "hobbes";
+  version = "0.2.2";
+  sha256 = "1pri63d59q918jv1hdp2ib06m6lzw9a2b6bjyn86b2qrrx2512xd";
+  isLibrary = false;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [ filemanip filepath fsnotify systemFilepath text ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/jhickner/hobbes";
+    description = "A small file watcher for OSX";
+    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 f6fb03478e4..c78b34a05a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2677,6 +2677,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   githubBackup = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools/github-backup {};
 
+  hobbes = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/hobbes {};
+
   jailbreakCabal = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/jailbreak-cabal {};
 
   keter = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/keter {};