diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hexpat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hexpat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec208aaad59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hexpat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ cabal, deepseq, extensibleExceptions, List, text, transformers
+, utf8String
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "hexpat";
+  version = "0.20.2";
+  sha256 = "1v96xiys1664cdspbd9mps9m1ia4xwykzsg4z62pklqnf21wna7j";
+  buildDepends = [
+    deepseq extensibleExceptions List text transformers utf8String
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hexpat/";
+    description = "XML parser/formatter based on expat";
+    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 895a12c55e7..a821914ef6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -908,6 +908,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   hastache = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hastache {};
 
+  hexpat = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/hexpat {};
+
   HTTP_4000_0_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HTTP/4000.0.6.nix {};
   HTTP_4000_0_9 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HTTP/4000.0.9.nix {};
   HTTP_4000_1_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/HTTP/4000.1.1.nix {};