diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hspec2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hspec2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be49f612aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hspec2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ cabal, ansiTerminal, async, deepseq, doctest, filepath, ghcPaths
+, hspecExpectations, hspecMeta, HUnit, ioMemoize, QuickCheck
+, quickcheckIo, random, setenv, silently, tfRandom, time
+, transformers
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "hspec2";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+  sha256 = "0ia19jraz2di31c48lh0kswkb2573jxm7msf33i8d5a5yq8y9wwp";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [
+    ansiTerminal async deepseq filepath hspecExpectations HUnit
+    ioMemoize QuickCheck quickcheckIo random setenv tfRandom time
+    transformers
+  ];
+  testDepends = [
+    ansiTerminal async deepseq doctest filepath ghcPaths
+    hspecExpectations hspecMeta HUnit ioMemoize QuickCheck quickcheckIo
+    random setenv silently tfRandom time transformers
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://hspec.github.io/";
+    description = "Alpha version of Hspec 2.0";
+    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 c519eb14080..ed1445e2e44 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1156,6 +1156,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   hspec = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hspec {};
 
+  hspec2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hspec2 {};
+
   hspecExpectations = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hspec-expectations {};
 
   hspecExpectationsLens = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hspec-expectations-lens {};