diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/byteorder/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/byteorder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e709a12ce8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/byteorder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ cabal }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "byteorder";
+  version = "1.0.3";
+  sha256 = "056jb47r4pkimi6z2z49prnsmjnhnijk57zm0divl1k55igi5way";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://community.haskell.org/~aslatter/code/byteorder";
+    description = "Exposes the native endianness or byte ordering of the system";
+    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 0a844a5a167..24b76428f8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   bson = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bson {};
 
+  byteorder = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/byteorder {};
+
   bytestringNums = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bytestring-nums {};
 
   bytestringLexing = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bytestring-lexing {};