diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b30b0714d1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ cabal, hashable, hsyslog, pipes, pipesSafe, systemd-journal, text
+, transformers, uniplate, unixBytestring, unorderedContainers, uuid
+, vector
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "libsystemd-journal";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+  sha256 = "0zdql5y40d0d044mwbsr3xxmfzgnnp02a36wbbslxmrm5c3w1qi2";
+  buildDepends = [
+    hashable hsyslog pipes pipesSafe text transformers uniplate
+    unixBytestring unorderedContainers uuid vector
+  ];
+  extraLibraries = [ systemd-journal ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/ocharles/libsystemd-journal";
+    description = "Haskell bindings to libsystemd-journal";
+    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 5e26f04d4608..9bd485417dbc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1620,6 +1620,10 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   liblastfm = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/liblastfm {};
 
+  libsystemdJournal = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal {
+    systemd-journal = pkgs.systemd;
+  };
+
   libxmlSax = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/libxml-sax {};
 
   liftedAsync = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/lifted-async {};