diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/th-lift-instances/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/th-lift-instances/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27eb090443b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/th-lift-instances/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ cabal, doctest, filepath, QuickCheck, text, thLift, vector }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "th-lift-instances";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+  sha256 = "0xfz7jnhqxqxd6ijn6vpd0nay38kj862ylsb71xqi35137g5zl9w";
+  buildDepends = [ text thLift vector ];
+  testDepends = [ doctest filepath QuickCheck text vector ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/bennofs/th-lift-instances/";
+    description = "Lift instances for template-haskell for common data types";
+    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 2019ec0c8ff..4c63b3e0ad2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2602,6 +2602,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   thLift = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/th-lift {};
 
+  thLiftInstances = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/th-lift-instances {};
+
   thOrphans = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/th-orphans {};
 
   threadmanager = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/threadmanager {};