diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index b5ccb3d8f3a0..bf8ff6df994a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1036,4 +1036,6 @@ self: super: {
       substituteInPlace ./libmpd.cabal --replace "time >=1.5 && <1.6" "time >=1.5"
     '';
   }));
+
+  timezone-series = appendPatch super.timezone-series ./patches/timezone-series.patch;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/timezone-series.patch b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/timezone-series.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4605d16f86c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/timezone-series.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+commit f8dece8c016db6476e2bb0d4f972769a76f6ff40
+Author: Ryan Trinkle <ryan.trinkle@gmail.com>
+Date:   Wed May 11 20:17:23 2016 -0400
+
+    Add support for time-1.6
+
+diff --git a/Data/Time/LocalTime/TimeZone/Series.hs b/Data/Time/LocalTime/TimeZone/Series.hs
+index babcc0b..c8bb0ad 100644
+--- a/Data/Time/LocalTime/TimeZone/Series.hs
++++ b/Data/Time/LocalTime/TimeZone/Series.hs
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ -- clock settings that occurred in the past and are scheduled to occur
+ -- in the future for the timezone.
+ 
++{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+ module Data.Time.LocalTime.TimeZone.Series
+ (
+   -- * Representing a timezone
+@@ -76,8 +77,18 @@ instance Show TimeZoneSeries where
+ instance Read TimeZoneSeries where
+     readsPrec n = map (first $ flip TimeZoneSeries []) . readsPrec n
+ 
++-- In time-1.6, buildTime was changed to return a `Maybe t` rather
++-- than just a `t`
++#if MIN_VERSION_time(1,6,0)
++mapBuiltTime :: (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> Maybe b
++mapBuiltTime = fmap
++#else
++mapBuiltTime :: (a -> b) -> a -> b
++mapBuiltTime = id
++#endif
++
+ instance ParseTime TimeZoneSeries where
+-  buildTime locale = flip TimeZoneSeries [] . buildTime locale
++  buildTime locale = mapBuiltTime (flip TimeZoneSeries []) . buildTime locale
+ 
+ -- | The latest non-summer @TimeZone@ in a @TimeZoneSeries@ is in some
+ -- sense representative of the timezone.
+@@ -167,7 +178,7 @@ instance Read ZoneSeriesTime where
+     readsPrec n = map (first zonedTimeToZoneSeriesTime) . readsPrec n
+ 
+ instance ParseTime ZoneSeriesTime where
+-  buildTime locale = zonedTimeToZoneSeriesTime . buildTime locale
++  buildTime locale = mapBuiltTime zonedTimeToZoneSeriesTime . buildTime locale
+ 
+ instance FormatTime ZoneSeriesTime where
+   formatCharacter =
+diff --git a/timezone-series.cabal b/timezone-series.cabal
+index 058c142..4ee73a4 100644
+--- a/timezone-series.cabal
++++ b/timezone-series.cabal
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ Name:                timezone-series
+-Version:             0.1.5.1
++Version:             0.1.5.2
+ Synopsis:            Enhanced timezone handling for Data.Time
+ Description:         This package endows Data.Time, from the time
+                      package, with several data types and functions
+@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ Library
+   Exposed-modules:     Data.Time.LocalTime.TimeZone.Series
+   Default-extensions:  DeriveDataTypeable
+   Build-depends:       base >= 4.4 && < 5,
+-                       time >= 1.1.4 && < 1.6
++                       time >= 1.1.4 && < 1.7