diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hspec/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hspec/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a22ff5df0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hspec/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ cabal, ansiTerminal, filepath, hspecExpectations, HUnit
+, QuickCheck, silently, time, transformers
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "hspec";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+  sha256 = "0kl9mdksy8bifb37dfb9y8mnnjlq0x1h970cgzv9idq61gafii4n";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [
+    ansiTerminal filepath hspecExpectations HUnit QuickCheck silently
+    time transformers
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://hspec.github.com/";
+    description = "Behavior Driven Development for Haskell";
+    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 cd502e2f6d2..9534a72fcc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -940,6 +940,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   hsloggerTemplate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hslogger-template {};
 
+  hspec = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hspec {};
+
   hspecExpectations = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hspec-expectations {};
 
   hsyslog = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hsyslog {};