diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/multiplate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/multiplate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3354a5873d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/multiplate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{cabal, transformers}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "multiplate";
+  version = "0.0.1";
+  sha256 = "06bdj0r83arxxl6vqif9dmna140qcgvjizcyhvyqymsid605hrp4";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [transformers];
+  meta = {
+    description = "Lightweight generic library for mutually recursive datatypes";
+    license = "MIT";
+    maintainers = [self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres];
+  };
+})  
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 4721c9151b1..d514dc617dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ rec {
 
   mtl = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/mtl {};
 
+  multiplate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/multiplate {};
+
   multirec = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/multirec {};
 
   multiset = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/multiset {};