diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/folds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/folds/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4287ddbeb4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/folds/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ cabal, comonad, contravariant, deepseq, doctest, filepath, hlint
+, lens, mtl, pointed, profunctors, reflection, semigroupoids
+, semigroups, tagged, transformers, vector
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "folds";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  sha256 = "13p4kyr48g917ib87n14qpqaka6isp73cwy7mvvsqgprj1fghyj1";
+  buildDepends = [
+    comonad contravariant lens pointed profunctors reflection
+    semigroupoids tagged transformers vector
+  ];
+  testDepends = [ deepseq doctest filepath hlint mtl semigroups ];
+  # The hlint tests presently fail
+  doCheck = false;
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/ekmett/folds";
+    description = "Beautiful Folding";
+    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 5681ecbe2f1..474b81e40fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -799,6 +799,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   foldl = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/foldl {};
 
+  folds = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/folds {};
+
   forceLayout = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/force-layout {};
 
   free = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/free {};