diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cmdtheline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cmdtheline/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c49093f6859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cmdtheline/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ cabal, filepath, HUnit, parsec, testFramework, testFrameworkHunit
+, transformers
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "cmdtheline";
+  version = "0.2.3";
+  sha256 = "1jwbr34xgccjbz6nm58bdsg1vqyv87rh45yia5j36vlfbaclyb04";
+  buildDepends = [ filepath parsec transformers ];
+  testDepends = [
+    filepath HUnit parsec testFramework testFrameworkHunit transformers
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/eli-frey/cmdtheline";
+    description = "Declarative command-line option parsing and documentation library";
+    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 e5d914113e5..0c6e554ea7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   cmdlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/cmdlib {};
 
+  cmdtheline = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/cmdtheline {};
+
   colorizeHaskell = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/colorize-haskell {};
 
   colour = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/colour {};