diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/binary/0.6.0.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/binary/0.6.0.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01e909212e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/binary/0.6.0.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ cabal }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "binary";
+  version = "0.6.0.0";
+  sha256 = "0p72w7f9nn19g2wggsh8x4z7y9s174f3drz9a5ln4x7h554swcxv";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kolmodin/binary";
+    description = "Binary serialisation for Haskell values using lazy ByteStrings";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/binary/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/binary/0.7.1.0.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/binary/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/binary/0.7.1.0.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
index 35ff9cf40974..d2cfbf38f986 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
       # deviating from Haskell platform here, to make some packages (notably statistics) compile
       jailbreakCabal = self.jailbreakCabal.override { Cabal = self.disableTest self.Cabal_1_14_0; };
       bmp = self.bmp_1_2_2_1;
+      binary = self.binary_0_6_0_0;
       cabalInstall_1_16_0_2 = self.cabalInstall_1_16_0_2.override {
         Cabal = self.Cabal_1_16_0_3;
         zlib = self.zlib_0_5_3_3;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 787c458874f4..2cf5b3eeacff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -585,7 +585,9 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   bimap = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bimap {};
 
-  binary = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/binary {};
+  binary_0_6_0_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/binary/0.6.0.0.nix {};
+  binary_0_7_1_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/binary/0.7.1.0.nix {};
+  binary = self.binary_0_7_1_0;
 
   binaryShared = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/binary-shared {};