diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/resource-pool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/resource-pool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51952598f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/resource-pool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ cabal, hashable, monadControl, stm, time, transformers
+, transformersBase, vector
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "resource-pool";
+  version = "0.2.1.0";
+  sha256 = "12akfi906l1nm7h3wvjkzl9bxn74dbv17xw2c1mqgl6sg470d587";
+  buildDepends = [
+    hashable monadControl stm time transformers transformersBase vector
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/bos/pool";
+    description = "A high-performance striped resource pooling implementation";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index db2a2c79a61..15cb3336262 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1180,6 +1180,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   repr = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/repr {};
 
+  resourcePool = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/resource-pool {};
+
   RSA = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/RSA {};
 
   safe = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/safe {};