diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/encoding/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/encoding/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b7ef1bcd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/encoding/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ cabal, binary, extensibleExceptions, HaXml, mtl, regexCompat }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "encoding";
+  version = "0.6.7.2";
+  sha256 = "0b1z5824vdkcc51bd1vgcbaniw3fv9dmd5qczjc89b5lhrl7qq0d";
+  buildDepends = [
+    binary extensibleExceptions HaXml mtl regexCompat
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://code.haskell.org/encoding/";
+    description = "A library for various character encodings";
+    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 cd4d09095ea..68d7d4cee23 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   emailValidate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/email-validate {};
 
+  encoding = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/encoding {};
+
   enumerator = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/enumerator {};
 
   entropy = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/entropy {};