diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/trifecta/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/trifecta/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..417b6102e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/trifecta/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ cabal, ansiTerminal, ansiWlPprint, blazeBuilder, blazeHtml
+, blazeMarkup, charset, comonad, deepseq, doctest, filepath
+, fingertree, hashable, lens, mtl, parsers, reducers, semigroups
+, transformers, unorderedContainers, utf8String
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "trifecta";
+  version = "1.1";
+  sha256 = "19wnblpn31hvdi5dc8ir24s0hfjj4vvzr43gg9ydl2qdjq6s166w";
+  buildDepends = [
+    ansiTerminal ansiWlPprint blazeBuilder blazeHtml blazeMarkup
+    charset comonad deepseq fingertree hashable lens mtl parsers
+    reducers semigroups transformers unorderedContainers utf8String
+  ];
+  testDepends = [ doctest filepath ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/ekmett/trifecta/";
+    description = "A modern parser combinator library with convenient diagnostics";
+    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 61316a9f8c0..456fb1511b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2099,6 +2099,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   transformersCompat = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/transformers-compat {};
 
+  trifecta = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/trifecta {};
+
   tuple = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/tuple {};
 
   typeEquality = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/type-equality {};