diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 77c94f9f250..85a5f961485 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ self: super: {
   # Fix test trying to access /home directory
   shell-conduit = (overrideCabal super.shell-conduit (drv: {
     postPatch = "sed -i s/home/tmp/ test/Spec.hs";
+
+    # the tests for shell-conduit on Darwin illegitimatey assume non-GNU echo
+    # see: https://github.com/psibi/shell-conduit/issues/12
+    doCheck = !pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   }));
 
   # https://github.com/froozen/kademlia/issues/2
@@ -400,6 +404,12 @@ self: super: {
   th-printf = dontCheck super.th-printf;
   thumbnail-plus = dontCheck super.thumbnail-plus;
   tickle = dontCheck super.tickle;
+  tldr = super.tldr.override {
+    # shell-conduit determines what commands are available at compile-time, so
+    # that tldr will not compile unless the shell-conduit it uses is compiled
+    # with git in its environment.
+    shell-conduit = addBuildTool self.shell-conduit pkgs.git;
+  };
   tpdb = dontCheck super.tpdb;
   translatable-intset = dontCheck super.translatable-intset;
   ua-parser = dontCheck super.ua-parser;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e02b240612f..61c35ca93b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4568,6 +4568,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tldr = callPackage ../tools/misc/tldr { };
 
+  tldr-hs = haskellPackages.tldr;
+
   tlspool = callPackage ../tools/networking/tlspool { };
 
   tmate = callPackage ../tools/misc/tmate { };