diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.1.0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.1.0.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..178476ad3cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.1.0.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ cabal, deepseq, hashable, smallcheck, tasty, tastySmallcheck
+, text
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "scientific";
+  version = "0.1.0.1";
+  sha256 = "0s401gxwap4xwz9rxypc76rs5w344s3an45295ybf3id6yal5140";
+  buildDepends = [ deepseq hashable text ];
+  testDepends = [ smallcheck tasty tastySmallcheck text ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/basvandijk/scientific";
+    description = "Arbitrary-precision floating-point numbers represented using scientific notation";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.2.0.2.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.2.0.2.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.3.2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.3.2.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..467f2f1d160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.3.2.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ cabal, deepseq, hashable, QuickCheck, smallcheck, tasty
+, tastyAntXml, tastyQuickcheck, tastySmallcheck, text
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "scientific";
+  version = "0.3.2.1";
+  sha256 = "0z0k0dqmv6a3spgl48yl00a55niv0gqjy906sh4r8xfpsabzl88s";
+  buildDepends = [ deepseq hashable text ];
+  testDepends = [
+    QuickCheck smallcheck tasty tastyAntXml tastyQuickcheck
+    tastySmallcheck text
+  ];
+  jailbreak = true;
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/basvandijk/scientific";
+    description = "Numbers represented using scientific notation";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.ocharles ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 4c2ecda87ba..ed03835de1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1879,7 +1879,10 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   sbv = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/sbv {};
 
-  scientific = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scientific {};
+  scientific_0_1_0_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.1.0.1.nix {};
+  scientific_0_2_0_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.2.0.2.nix {};
+  scientific_0_3_2_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scientific/0.3.2.1.nix {};
+  scientific = self.scientific_0_2_0_2; # version 0.3.x requires updates to aeson and other stuff
 
   scotty = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/scotty {};