diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a62f2468a61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.6.2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ghc, perl, gmp, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "7.6.2";
+
+  name = "ghc-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/${version}/${name}-src.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "d5f45184abeacf7e9c6b4f63c7101a5c1d7b4fe9007901159e2287ecf38de533";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ghc perl gmp ncurses ];
+
+  # The comments below applied to GHC 7.6.1, left for if somebody experiences
+  # similar problems. If so, I argue we should selectively disable parallel
+  # building JUST for that platform. ~aristidb
+  #
+  ## My attempts to compile GHC with parallel build support enabled, failed
+  ## 4 consecutive times with the following error:
+  ##
+  ##    building rts/dist/build/AutoApply.debug_o
+  ##    building rts/dist/build/AutoApply.thr_o
+  ##      rts_dist_HC rts/dist/build/AutoApply.debug_o
+  ##    /nix/store/1iigiim5855m8j7pmwf5xrnpf705s4dh-binutils-2.21.1a/bin/ld: cannot find libraries/integer-gmp/dist-install/build/cbits/gmp-wrappers_o_split/gmp-wrappers__1.o
+  ##    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
+  ##    make[1]: *** [libraries/integer-gmp/dist-install/build/cbits/gmp-wrappers.p_o] Error 1
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  buildMK = ''
+    libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries="${gmp}/lib"
+    libraries/integer-gmp_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="${gmp}/include"
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    echo "${buildMK}" > mk/build.mk
+    sed -i -e 's|-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk||' configure
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags=[
+    "--with-gcc=${stdenv.gcc}/bin/gcc"
+  ];
+
+  # required, because otherwise all symbols from HSffi.o are stripped, and
+  # that in turn causes GHCi to abort
+  stripDebugFlags=["-S" "--keep-file-symbols"];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
+    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
+    maintainers = [
+      stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber
+      stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
+      stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
+    ];
+    platforms = ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18f106e5a262..b732c6716893 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2404,6 +2404,7 @@ let
   haskellPackages_ghc742_profiling    = recurseIntoAttrs (haskell.packages_ghc741.profiling);
   haskellPackages_ghc742              = recurseIntoAttrs (haskell.packages_ghc742.highPrio);
   haskellPackages_ghc761              = recurseIntoAttrs (haskell.packages_ghc761);
+  haskellPackages_ghc762              = recurseIntoAttrs (haskell.packages_ghc762);
   # Reasonably current HEAD snapshot.
   haskellPackages_ghcHEAD             =                   haskell.packages_ghcHEAD;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
index 69c99db89a2f..a03f0a6fe466 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@
                prefFun = ghcHEADPrefs;
              };
 
+  packages_ghc762 =
+    packages { ghcPath = ../development/compilers/ghc/7.6.2.nix;
+               ghcBinary = ghc704Binary;
+               prefFun = ghcHEADPrefs;
+             };
+
   # Reasonably current HEAD snapshot. Should *always* be lowPrio.
   packages_ghcHEAD =
     packages { ghcPath = ../development/compilers/ghc/head.nix;