diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/patience/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/patience/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f65e3eceed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/patience/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ cabal }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "patience";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+  sha256 = "0qyv20gqy9pb1acy700ahv70lc6vprcwb26cc7fcpcs4scsc7irm";
+  meta = {
+    description = "Patience diff and longest increasing subsequence";
+    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 081caf41d2a7..6115c4de6841 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1769,6 +1769,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   pathPieces = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/path-pieces {};
 
+  patience = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/patience {};
+
   pandoc = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/pandoc {};
 
   pandocCiteproc = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/pandoc-citeproc {};