diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/bytes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/bytes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb647f2cb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/bytes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ cabal, binary, cereal, doctest, filepath, mtl, text, time
+, transformers, transformersCompat, void
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "bytes";
+  version = "0.14.0.2";
+  sha256 = "1bdradf5lq1kgiri64zd8cvcw2fxwbwv0apznl8vxyqlx406v3rn";
+  buildDepends = [
+    binary cereal mtl text time transformers transformersCompat void
+  ];
+  testDepends = [ doctest filepath ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/analytics/bytes";
+    description = "Sharing code for serialization between binary and cereal";
+    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 fd35dfb215f..db364b9a58d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   byteorder = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/byteorder {};
 
+  bytes = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bytes {};
+
   bytestringNums = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bytestring-nums {};
 
   bytestringLexing = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bytestring-lexing {};