diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-file-th/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-file-th/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fea333c6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-file-th/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ cabal }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "cabal-file-th";
+  version = "0.1";
+  sha256 = "1i0k8c9kf2av0vs9qhd15kqrkzi5z89va4gp2cfkssq66y98k8p8";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/nkpart/cabal-file-th";
+    description = "Template Haskell expressions for reading fields from a project's cabal file";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index d92dca86ecd..5a1e68b2f0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   bytestringTrie = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bytestring-trie {};
 
+  cabalFileTh = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/cabal-file-th {};
+
   cairo = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/cairo {
     inherit (pkgs) cairo zlib;
     libc = pkgs.stdenv.gcc.libc;