diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/0.1.2.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/0.1.2.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/0.2.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/0.2.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05b1b0c173c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/0.2.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ cabal, transformers }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "failure";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+  sha256 = "1z7q2ldgfm0khar3vx7paz0jigzd720xjq2s0x02qf2m3iv0ilcv";
+  buildDepends = [ transformers ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Failure";
+    description = "A simple type class for success/failure computations";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index fd6d412be6a..af5967c2285 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -592,7 +592,9 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   dataenc = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/dataenc {};
 
-  dataObject = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/data-object {};
+  dataObject = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/data-object {
+    failure = self.failure_0_1_2;
+  };
 
   dataObjectYaml = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/data-object-yaml {};
 
@@ -656,7 +658,9 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
   extensibleExceptions_0_1_1_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/extensible-exceptions/0.1.1.4.nix {};
   extensibleExceptions = null; # a core package in recent GHCs
 
-  failure = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/failure {};
+  failure_0_1_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/failure/0.1.2.nix {};
+  failure_0_2_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/failure/0.2.0.nix {};
+  failure = self.failure_0_2_0;
 
   fastLogger = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/fast-logger {};
 
@@ -1471,7 +1475,9 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   xmlConduit = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/xml-conduit {};
 
-  xmlEnumerator = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/xml-enumerator {};
+  xmlEnumerator = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/xml-enumerator {
+    failure = self.failure_0_1_2;
+  };
 
   xmlTypes = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/xml-types {};