diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/doctest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/doctest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df92c4a6cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/doctest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ cabal, deepseq, filepath, ghcPaths, syb, transformers }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "doctest";
+  version = "0.9.5";
+  sha256 = "073q56gyhkb7r4f94b9nx341dkmgapy8gig7f668jkghv2zci5ws";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [ deepseq filepath ghcPaths syb transformers ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sol/doctest-haskell#readme";
+    description = "Test interactive Haskell examples";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 19df77300b6..91576707eb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -733,6 +733,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   dns = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/dns {};
 
+  doctest = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/doctest {};
+
   dotgen = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/dotgen {};
 
   doubleConversion = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/double-conversion {};