diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/haskell-docs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/haskell-docs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e77a9ffe21e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/haskell-docs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ cabal, aeson, Cabal, filepath, ghcPaths, haddock, monadLoops
+, text, unorderedContainers
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "haskell-docs";
+  version = "4.2.2";
+  sha256 = "0w52kzwjzd5jl8v55rjy5550cy2fcyj9j5b7b33vbwjyh06gfrk1";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [
+    aeson Cabal filepath ghcPaths haddock monadLoops text
+    unorderedContainers
+  ];
+  doCheck = false;
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/chrisdone/haskell-docs";
+    description = "A program to find and display the docs and type of a name";
+    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 84bed3b4f3ef..cf1cf410780f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2854,6 +2854,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   happyMeta = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/happy-meta {};
 
+  haskellDocs = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/haskell-docs {};
+
   haskdogs = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/haskdogs {};
 
   hasktags = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/hasktags {};