diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b96e64ce062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ cabal, hinotify, systemFileio, systemFilepath, text, time }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "fsnotify";
+  version = "0.0.2";
+  sha256 = "14pvyky3wg1k1lrv41rymi4mihvdpkx8vfv43wa0z6g4a6456ayz";
+  buildDepends = [ hinotify systemFileio systemFilepath text time ];
+  jailbreak = true;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Cross platform library for file creation, modification, and deletion notification";
+    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 acda1e8dac00..5d3598d3e4b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -789,6 +789,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   fingertree = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/fingertree {};
 
+  fsnotify = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/fsnotify {};
+
   gamma = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/gamma {};
 
   gd = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/gd {