diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/enclosed-exceptions/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/enclosed-exceptions/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..113c454d6db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/enclosed-exceptions/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ cabal, async, deepseq, hspec, liftedBase, monadControl
+, QuickCheck, transformers
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "enclosed-exceptions";
+  version = "1.0.0.1";
+  sha256 = "0imq5kp45yfkhkz51ld869pf9hnlkbh92nk0aig1z8cc6akjnjw0";
+  buildDepends = [
+    async deepseq liftedBase monadControl transformers
+  ];
+  testDepends = [
+    async deepseq hspec liftedBase monadControl QuickCheck transformers
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jcristovao/enclosed-exceptions";
+    description = "Catching all exceptions from within an enclosed computation";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 99fd4ebdd55..c20afcd9275 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   emailValidate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/email-validate {};
 
+  enclosedExceptions = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/enclosed-exceptions {};
+
   encoding = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/encoding {};
 
   enumerator = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/enumerator {};