diff --git a/libs/base/Control/Monad/Partial.idr b/libs/base/Control/Monad/Partial.idr
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@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+module Control.Monad.Partial
+
+import Data.Nat
+
+%default total
+
+
+||| Delay/partiality monad. Represents partial computations which may not
+||| terminate or cover all inputs. This can be preferable to defining a partial
+||| Idris function as it allows termination to be proven as an external proof.
+public export
+data Partial : Type -> Type where
+    Now : a -> Partial a
+    Later : Inf (Partial a) -> Partial a
+
+
+public export
+Functor Partial where
+    map f (Now x) = Now (f x)
+    map f (Later x) = Later (map f x)
+
+
+public export
+Applicative Partial where
+    pure = Now
+
+    Now f <*> x = map f x
+    Later f <*> x = Later (f <*> x)
+
+
+public export
+Monad Partial where
+    Now x >>= f = f x
+    Later x >>= f = Later (x >>= f)
+
+
+||| A partial computation which never terminates (aka. undefined/bottom).
+public export
+never : Partial a
+never = Later never
+
+
+public export
+data Total : Partial a -> Type where
+    TNow : (x : a) -> Total (Now x)
+    TLater : Total (Force x) -> Total (Later x)
+
+
+||| Extract the value from a partial computation if you have a proof it is
+||| actually total.
+public export
+runPartial : {x : Partial a} -> (0 _ : Total x) -> a
+runPartial (TNow x) = x
+runPartial (TLater t) = runPartial t
diff --git a/libs/base/base.ipkg b/libs/base/base.ipkg
index 0b4a920a4..efe2d1472 100644
--- a/libs/base/base.ipkg
+++ b/libs/base/base.ipkg
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ modules = Control.App,
           Control.Monad.Error.Interface,
           Control.Monad.Identity,
           Control.Monad.Maybe,
+          Control.Monad.Partial,
           Control.Monad.RWS,
           Control.Monad.RWS.CPS,
           Control.Monad.RWS.Interface,