diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index cdbf119af8c4..5fd7744ece50 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ let
     (optionalString (versionOlder "8.4" ghc.version) (enableFeature enableStaticLibraries "static"))
     (optionalString (isGhcjs || versionOlder "7.4" ghc.version) (enableFeature enableSharedExecutables "executable-dynamic"))
     (optionalString (isGhcjs || versionOlder "7" ghc.version) (enableFeature doCheck "tests"))
+    (enableFeature doBenchmark "benchmarks")
     "--enable-library-vanilla"  # TODO: Should this be configurable?
     "--enable-library-for-ghci" # TODO: Should this be configurable?
   ] ++ optionals (enableDeadCodeElimination && (stdenv.lib.versionOlder "8.0.1" ghc.version)) [