diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/yaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/yaml/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fce7026c0ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/yaml/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ cabal, enumerator, transformers }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "yaml";
+  version = "0.4.1.1";
+  sha256 = "0qm7kfvi99m80m2lsmn98ssr2sfsw1rbbmzyjlg7bmvbaxsyw0b9";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [ enumerator transformers ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/snoyberg/yaml/";
+    description = "Low-level binding to the libyaml C library";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 67fc927b939f..c65463ed4d31 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   xssSanitize = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/xss-sanitize {};
 
+  yaml = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/yaml {};
+
   yap = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/yap {};
 
   yesod = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/yesod {};