diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-db/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-db/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d8b6ce5993f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-db/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ cabal, ansiWlPprint, Cabal, filepath, mtl, optparseApplicative
+, tar, utf8String
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "cabal-db";
+  version = "0.1.9";
+  sha256 = "19mw5ycc2y5wkn1h7wkdm2gb29pq2sh0n8z52dbxlkf0rwcgjbfq";
+  isLibrary = false;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [
+    ansiWlPprint Cabal filepath mtl optparseApplicative tar utf8String
+  ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/vincenthz/cabal-db";
+    description = "query tools for the local cabal database (revdeps, graph, info, search-by, license, bounds)";
+    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 3c3ee8e7f809..9d6fb9080178 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2692,6 +2692,8 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   # Tools.
 
+  cabalDb = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal-db {};
+
   cabal2nix = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal2nix {};
 
   # Build a cabal package given a local .cabal file