diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gnuidn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gnuidn/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ae78cf49b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gnuidn/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ cabal, c2hs, libidn, text }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "gnuidn";
+  version = "0.2";
+  sha256 = "0xk72p3z1lwlmab0jcf7m48p5pncgz00hb7l96naz1gdkbq7xizd";
+  buildDepends = [ text ];
+  buildTools = [ c2hs ];
+  extraLibraries = [ libidn ];
+  pkgconfigDepends = [ libidn ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://john-millikin.com/software/bindings/gnuidn/";
+    description = "Bindings for GNU IDN";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 9a0f1d6d307b..8a7b7f17b2e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
   };
   GLUT = self.GLUT_2_3_1_0;
 
+  gnuidn = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/gnuidn {};
+
   gtk = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/gtk {
     inherit (pkgs) gtk;
     libc = pkgs.stdenv.gcc.libc;