diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
index 863f904e4e96..726fad77865f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.2.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1x8m4rp2v7ydnrz6z9g8x7z3x3d3pxhv2pixy7i7hkbqbdsp7kal";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ ghc perl libxml2 libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xml_dtd_42 hscolour ];
+  buildInputs = [ ghc perl libxml2 libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xml_dtd_42 (stdenv.lib.getBin hscolour) ];
 
   patches = [ ./relocation.patch ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.3.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.3.nix
index eb8f1dddd19b..943bc8b124b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/7.10.3.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./relocation.patch
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ ghc perl libxml2 libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xml_dtd_42 hscolour ];
+  buildInputs = [ ghc perl libxml2 libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xml_dtd_42 (stdenv.lib.getBin hscolour) ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix
index 6e47ee92630a..8e800b78d661 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (fetchFilteredPatch { url = https://git.haskell.org/ghc.git/patch/2f8cd14fe909a377b3e084a4f2ded83a0e6d44dd; sha256 = "06zvlgcf50ab58bw6yw3krn45dsmhg4cmlz4nqff8k4z1f1bj01v"; })
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux ./ghc-no-madv-free.patch;
 
-  buildInputs = [ ghc perl hscolour sphinx];
+  buildInputs = [ ghc perl (stdenv.lib.getBin hscolour) sphinx];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.2.nix
index e50a8df7352d..85aca075d863 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.2.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux ./ghc-no-madv-free.patch
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./ghc-8.0.2-no-cpp-warnings.patch;
 
-  buildInputs = [ ghc perl hscolour sphinx ];
+  buildInputs = [ ghc perl (stdenv.lib.getBin hscolour) sphinx ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix
index bce51f92c0bc..5b76e9ebea76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.2.1.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let
   inherit (bootPkgs) ghc;
   version = "8.2.1";
   preReleaseName = "ghc-8.2.1";
-  commonBuildInputs = [ alex autoconf automake ghc happy hscolour perl python3 sphinx ];
+  commonBuildInputs = [ (stdenv.lib.getBin alex) autoconf automake ghc (stdenv.lib.getBin happy) (stdenv.lib.getBin hscolour) perl python3 sphinx ];
   commonPreConfigure =  ''
     sed -i -e 's|-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk||' configure
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
index 362b4895b7e3..491c014d26d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/head.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 let
   inherit (bootPkgs) ghc;
 
-  commonBuildInputs = [ ghc perl autoconf automake happy alex python3 ];
+  commonBuildInputs = [ ghc perl autoconf automake (stdenv.lib.getBin happy) (stdenv.lib.getBin alex) python3 ];
 
   rev = "14457cf6a50f708eecece8f286f08687791d51f7";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix
index a7381fa1a146..051e7daaa3eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ in mkDerivation (rec {
     lens optparse-applicative parallel safe shelly split
     stringsearch syb system-fileio system-filepath tar terminfo text-binary
     unordered-containers vector wl-pprint-text yaml
-    alex happy git gnumake autoconf automake libtool patch gmp
+    (stdenv.lib.getBin alex) (stdenv.lib.getBin happy) git gnumake autoconf automake libtool patch gmp
     base16-bytestring cryptohash executable-path haddock-api
     transformers-compat QuickCheck haddock hspec xhtml
     regex-posix libiconv
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/halvm/2.4.0.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/halvm/2.4.0.nix
index 24fffcf603cb..8cbed2a865ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/halvm/2.4.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/halvm/2.4.0.nix
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -ie 's|ld |${binutils}/bin/ld |g' src/scripts/ldkernel.in
   '';
   configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (!enableIntegerSimple) [ "--enable-gmp" ];
-  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ alex happy ];
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ (stdenv.lib.getBin alex) (stdenv.lib.getBin happy) ];
   buildInputs =
-   let haskellPkgs = [ alex happy bootPkgs.hscolour bootPkgs.cabal-install bootPkgs.haddock bootPkgs.hpc
+   let haskellPkgs = [ (stdenv.lib.getBin alex) (stdenv.lib.getBin happy) (stdenv.lib.getBin bootPkgs.hscolour) bootPkgs.cabal-install bootPkgs.haddock bootPkgs.hpc
     ]; in [ bootPkgs.ghc
             automake perl git binutils
             autoconf xen zlib ncurses.dev
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index cdb15fd9f814..25054d65e297 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ self: super: {
   # Don't install internal mkReadme tool.
   hastache = overrideCabal super.hastache (drv: {
     doCheck = false;
+    enableSeparateBinOutput = false;
     postInstall = "rm $out/bin/mkReadme && rmdir $out/bin";
   });
 
@@ -899,4 +900,8 @@ self: super: {
     sha256 = "1vss7b99zrhw3r29krl1b60r4qk0m2mpwmrz8q8zdxrh33hb8pd7";
   });
 
+  # Has extra data files which are referred to from the binary output,
+  # creating a store reference cycle. Putting data in separate output
+  # solves the problem.
+  happy = overrideCabal super.happy (drv: { enableSeparateDataOutput = true; });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 36f5f28f2f81..c1813cad7a9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
 
   # wxc supports wxGTX >= 3.0, but our current default version points to 2.8.
   # http://hydra.cryp.to/build/1331287/log/raw
-  wxc = (addBuildDepend super.wxc self.split).override { wxGTK = pkgs.wxGTK30; };
+  wxc = (overrideCabal super.wxc (drv: {
+      buildDepends = (drv.buildDepends or []) ++ [self.split];
+      postInstall = "cp -v dist/build/libwxc.so.0.92.3.0 $lib/lib/libwxc.so";
+    })).override { wxGTK = pkgs.wxGTK30; };
   wxcore = super.wxcore.override { wxGTK = pkgs.wxGTK30; };
 
   # Test suite wants to connect to $DISPLAY.
@@ -489,4 +492,46 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   # Without this override, the builds lacks pkg-config.
   opencv-extra = addPkgconfigDepend super.opencv-extra (pkgs.opencv3.override { enableContrib = true; });
 
+  # Alex has some weird files in /usr/share that create a cyclic ref with
+  # its bin dir.
+  alex = hasNoBinOutput super.alex;
+
+  # Disable separate bin outputs for these specific packages that break with it.
+  H = hasNoBinOutput super.H;
+  cryptol = hasNoBinOutput super.cryptol;
+  sproxy = hasNoBinOutput super.sproxy;
+  sproxy2 = hasNoBinOutput super.sproxy2;
+  sproxy-web = hasNoBinOutput super.sproxy-web;
+  juandelacosa = hasNoBinOutput super.juandelacosa;
+  mywatch = hasNoBinOutput super.mywatch;
+  sugarhaskell = hasNoBinOutput super.sugarhaskell;
+  zerobin = hasNoBinOutput super.zerobin;
+
+  git-annex = overrideCabal super.git-annex (drv: {
+    enableSeparateBinOutput = false;
+    enableSeparateEtcOutput = false;
+  });
+
+  # Override a number of packages with specific references to $out in their
+  # derivations
+  stack = overrideCabal super.stack (drv: {
+    postInstall = ''
+      exe=$bin/bin/stack
+      mkdir -p $bin/share/bash-completion/completions
+      $exe --bash-completion-script $exe >$bin/share/bash-completion/completions/stack
+    '';
+  });
+  Agda = overrideCabal super.Agda (drv: {
+    postInstall = ''
+      files=("$out/share/"*"-ghc-"*"/Agda-"*"/lib/prim/Agda/"{Primitive.agda,Builtin"/"*.agda})
+      for f in "''${files[@]}" ; do
+        $bin/bin/agda $f
+      done
+      for f in "''${files[@]}" ; do
+        $bin/bin/agda -c --no-main $f
+      done
+      $bin/bin/agda-mode compile
+    '';
+  });
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 60cce56cca02..d49f31129231 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ let isCross = (ghc.cross or null) != null; in
 , hardeningDisable ? lib.optional (ghc.isHaLVM or false) "all"
 , enableSeparateDataOutput ? false
 , enableSeparateDocOutput ? doHaddock
+, enableSeparateBinOutput ? isExecutable
+, outputsToInstall ? []
+, enableSeparateLibOutput ? true
+, enableSeparateEtcOutput ? (stdenv.lib.versionOlder "7.7" ghc.version)
 } @ args:
 
 assert editedCabalFile != null -> revision != null;
@@ -79,9 +83,6 @@ let
                         then "package-db"
                         else "package-conf";
 
-  # the target dir for haddock documentation
-  docdir = docoutput: docoutput + "/share/doc";
-
   newCabalFileUrl = "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/${pname}-${version}/revision/${revision}.cabal";
   newCabalFile = fetchurl {
     url = newCabalFileUrl;
@@ -95,6 +96,13 @@ let
                    '';
 
   hasActiveLibrary = isLibrary && (enableStaticLibraries || enableSharedLibraries || enableLibraryProfiling);
+  hasLibOutput = enableSeparateLibOutput && hasActiveLibrary;
+  libDir = if hasLibOutput then "$lib/lib/${ghc.name}" else "$out/lib/${ghc.name}";
+  binDir = if enableSeparateBinOutput then "$bin/bin" else "$out/bin";
+  libexecDir = if enableSeparateBinOutput then "$libexec/bin" else "$out/libexec";
+  etcDir = if enableSeparateEtcOutput then "$etc/etc" else "$out/etc";
+  docDir = if enableSeparateDocOutput then "$doc/share/doc" else "$out/share/doc";
+  dataDir = if enableSeparateDataOutput then "$data/share/${ghc.name}" else "$out/share/${ghc.name}";
 
   # We cannot enable -j<n> parallelism for libraries because GHC is far more
   # likely to generate a non-determistic library ID in that case. Further
@@ -113,12 +121,20 @@ let
     stdenv.lib.optionalString isCross (" " + stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " " crossCabalFlags);
 
   defaultConfigureFlags = [
-    "--verbose" "--prefix=$out" "--libdir=\\$prefix/lib/\\$compiler" "--libsubdir=\\$pkgid"
-    (optionalString enableSeparateDataOutput "--datadir=$data/share/${ghc.name}")
-    (optionalString enableSeparateDocOutput "--docdir=${docdir "$doc"}")
+    "--verbose" "--prefix=$out"
+    # Binary directory has to be $bin/bin instead of just $bin: this
+    # is so that the package is added to the PATH when it's used as a
+    # build input. Sadly mkDerivation won't add inputs that don't have
+    # bin subdirectory.
+    "--bindir=${binDir}"
+    "--libdir=${libDir}" "--libsubdir=\\$pkgid"
+    "--libexecdir=${libexecDir}"
+    (optionalString (enableSeparateEtcOutput) "--sysconfdir=${etcDir}") # Old versions of cabal don't support this flag.
+    "--datadir=${dataDir}"
+    "--docdir=${docDir}"
     "--with-gcc=$CC" # Clang won't work without that extra information.
     "--package-db=$packageConfDir"
-    (optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && stdenv.isLinux) "--ghc-option=-optl=-Wl,-rpath=$out/lib/${ghc.name}/${pname}-${version}")
+    (optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && stdenv.isLinux) "--ghc-option=-optl=-Wl,-rpath=${libDir}/${pname}-${version}")
     (optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && stdenv.isDarwin) "--ghc-option=-optl=-Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names")
     (optionalString enableParallelBuilding "--ghc-option=-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES")
     (optionalString useCpphs "--with-cpphs=${cpphs}/bin/cpphs --ghc-options=-cpp --ghc-options=-pgmP${cpphs}/bin/cpphs --ghc-options=-optP--cpp")
@@ -152,7 +168,8 @@ let
   allPkgconfigDepends = pkgconfigDepends ++ libraryPkgconfigDepends ++ executablePkgconfigDepends ++
                         optionals doCheck testPkgconfigDepends ++ optionals withBenchmarkDepends benchmarkPkgconfigDepends;
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = buildTools ++ libraryToolDepends ++ executableToolDepends ++ [ removeReferencesTo ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = map stdenv.lib.getBin
+    (buildTools ++ libraryToolDepends ++ executableToolDepends ++ [ removeReferencesTo ]);
   propagatedBuildInputs = buildDepends ++ libraryHaskellDepends ++ executableHaskellDepends;
   otherBuildInputs = setupHaskellDepends ++ extraLibraries ++ librarySystemDepends ++ executableSystemDepends ++
                      optionals (allPkgconfigDepends != []) ([pkgconfig] ++ allPkgconfigDepends) ++
@@ -181,7 +198,15 @@ assert allPkgconfigDepends != [] -> pkgconfig != null;
 stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
-  outputs = if (args ? outputs) then args.outputs else ([ "out" ] ++ (optional enableSeparateDataOutput "data") ++ (optional enableSeparateDocOutput "doc"));
+  outputs = if (args ? outputs) then args.outputs else
+    (  (optional enableSeparateBinOutput "bin")
+    ++ (optional enableSeparateBinOutput "libexec")
+    ++ [ "out" ]
+    ++ (optional enableSeparateDataOutput "data")
+    ++ (optional enableSeparateDocOutput "doc")
+    ++ (optional enableSeparateEtcOutput "etc")
+    ++ (optional hasLibOutput "lib")
+    );
   setOutputFlags = false;
 
   pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "pname" args;
@@ -205,7 +230,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   postPatch = optionalString jailbreak ''
     echo "Run jailbreak-cabal to lift version restrictions on build inputs."
-    ${jailbreak-cabal}/bin/jailbreak-cabal ${pname}.cabal
+    ${stdenv.lib.getBin jailbreak-cabal}/bin/jailbreak-cabal ${pname}.cabal
   '' + postPatch;
 
   setupCompilerEnvironmentPhase = ''
@@ -213,7 +238,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
     echo "Build with ${ghc}."
     export PATH="${ghc}/bin:$PATH"
-    ${optionalString (hasActiveLibrary && hyperlinkSource) "export PATH=${hscolour}/bin:$PATH"}
+    ${optionalString (hasActiveLibrary && hyperlinkSource) "export PATH=${stdenv.lib.getBin hscolour}/bin:$PATH"}
 
     packageConfDir="$TMPDIR/package.conf.d"
     mkdir -p $packageConfDir
@@ -240,7 +265,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     #
     # Create a local directory with symlinks of the *.dylib (macOS shared
     # libraries) from all the dependencies.
-    local dynamicLinksDir="$out/lib/links"
+    local dynamicLinksDir="${libDir}/links"
     mkdir -p $dynamicLinksDir
     for d in $(grep dynamic-library-dirs "$packageConfDir/"*|awk '{print $2}'); do
       ln -s "$d/"*.dylib $dynamicLinksDir
@@ -312,7 +337,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
     ${if !hasActiveLibrary then "${setupCommand} install" else ''
       ${setupCommand} copy
-      local packageConfDir="$out/lib/${ghc.name}/package.conf.d"
+      local packageConfDir="${libDir}/package.conf.d"
       local packageConfFile="$packageConfDir/${pname}-${version}.conf"
       mkdir -p "$packageConfDir"
       ${setupCommand} register --gen-pkg-config=$packageConfFile
@@ -320,7 +345,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       mv $packageConfFile $packageConfDir/$pkgId.conf
     ''}
     ${optionalString isGhcjs ''
-      for exeDir in "$out/bin/"*.jsexe; do
+      for exeDir in "${binDir}/"*.jsexe; do
         exe="''${exeDir%.jsexe}"
         printWords '#!${nodejs}/bin/node' > "$exe"
         cat "$exeDir/all.js" >> "$exe"
@@ -329,18 +354,68 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ''}
     ${optionalString doCoverage "mkdir -p $out/share && cp -r dist/hpc $out/share"}
     ${optionalString (enableSharedExecutables && isExecutable && !isGhcjs && stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.lib.versionOlder ghc.version "7.10") ''
-      for exe in "$out/bin/"* ; do
-        install_name_tool -add_rpath "$out/lib/ghc-${ghc.version}/${pname}-${version}" "$exe"
+      for exe in "${binDir}/"* ; do
+        install_name_tool -add_rpath "${libDir}/${pname}-${version}" "$exe"
       done
     ''}
 
     ${optionalString enableSeparateDocOutput ''
-    for x in ${docdir "$doc"}/html/src/*.html; do
-      remove-references-to -t $out $x
+    # Remove references back to $out but also back to $lib if we have
+    # docs. $lib is needed as it stores path to haddock interfaces in the
+    # conf file which creates a cycle if docs refer back to library
+    # path.
+    mkdir -p ${docDir}
+
+    for x in ${docDir}/html/src/*.html; do
+      remove-references-to -t $out -t ${libDir} -t ${binDir} ${optionalString enableSeparateDataOutput "-t $data"} $x
     done
-    mkdir -p $doc
     ''}
-    ${optionalString enableSeparateDataOutput "mkdir -p $data"}
+
+    ${optionalString hasLibOutput ''
+    # Even if we don't have binary output for the package, things like
+    # Paths files will embed paths to bin/libexec directories in themselves
+    # which results in .lib <-> $out cyclic store reference. We
+    # therefore patch out the paths from separate library if we don't have
+    # separate bin output too.
+    #
+    # If we _do_ have separate bin and lib outputs, we may still be in
+    # trouble in case of shared executables: executable contains path to
+    # .lib, .lib contains path (through Paths) to .bin and we have a
+    # cycle.
+    #
+    # Lastly we have to deal with references from .lib back into
+    # $out/share if we're not splitting out data directory.
+    #
+    # It may happen that we have hasLibOutput set but the library
+    # directory was not created: this happens in the case that library
+    # section is not exposing any modules. See "fail" package for an
+    # example where no modules are exposed for GHC >= 8.0.
+    if [ -d ${libDir} ]; then
+      find ${libDir} -type f -exec \
+        remove-references-to -t ${binDir} -t ${libexecDir} "{}" \;
+    fi
+    ''}
+
+    ${optionalString (hasLibOutput && ! enableSeparateDocOutput) ''
+    # If we don't have separate docs, we have to patch out the ref to
+    # docs in package conf. This will likely break Haddock
+    # cross-package links but is necessary to break store cycle…
+    find ${libDir}/ -type f -name '*.conf' -exec \
+      remove-references-to -t ${docDir} "{}" \;
+    ''}
+
+    ${optionalString (hasLibOutput && ! enableSeparateDataOutput) ''
+    # Just like for doc output path in $out potentially landing in
+    # *.conf, we have to also remove the data directory so that it
+    # doesn't appear under data-dir field creating a cycle.
+    find ${libDir}/ -type f -exec echo Removing ${dataDir} refs from "{}" \;
+    find ${libDir}/ -type f -exec \
+      remove-references-to -t ${dataDir} "{}" \;
+    ''}
+
+    ${optionalString enableSeparateDataOutput "mkdir -p ${dataDir}"}
+    ${optionalString enableSeparateBinOutput "mkdir -p ${binDir} ${libexecDir}"}
+    ${optionalString enableSeparateEtcOutput "mkdir -p ${etcDir}"}
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';
@@ -357,7 +432,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     # the directory containing the haddock documentation.
     # `null' if no haddock documentation was built.
     # TODO: fetch the self from the fixpoint instead
-    haddockDir = self: if doHaddock then "${docdir self.doc}/html" else null;
+    haddockDir = self: if doHaddock then "${docDir}/html" else null;
 
     env = stdenv.mkDerivation {
       name = "interactive-${pname}-${version}-environment";
@@ -386,6 +461,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
          // optionalAttrs (description != "")  { inherit description; }
          // optionalAttrs (maintainers != [])  { inherit maintainers; }
          // optionalAttrs (hydraPlatforms != platforms) { inherit hydraPlatforms; }
+         // optionalAttrs (outputsToInstall != []) { inherit outputsToInstall; }
          ;
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
index 48110cffabf8..fbfd5ae6b94a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/lib.nix
@@ -142,4 +142,8 @@ rec {
   overrideSrc = drv: { src, version ? drv.version }:
     overrideCabal drv (_: { inherit src version; editedCabalFile = null; });
 
+  hasNoBinOutput = drv: overrideCabal drv (drv: { enableSeparateBinOutput = false; });
+
+  installOutputs = drv: outputs: overrideCabal drv
+    (drv: { outputsToInstall = outputs; });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
index 5215fe4a552d..562042721e72 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/make-package-set.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ let
       isLibrary = false;
       doHaddock = false;
       hyperlinkSource = false;      # Avoid depending on hscolour for this build.
+      enableSeparateEtcOutput = false; # The flag to support this is missing in old versions of cabal.
       postFixup = "rm -rf $out/lib $out/share $out/nix-support";
     });
     cpphs = overrideCabal (self.cpphs.overrideScope (self: super: {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 48069d6b667b..40ff6038aed3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -796,10 +796,10 @@ with pkgs;
     enableSharedExecutables = false;
     executableToolDepends = [ makeWrapper ];
     postInstall = ''
-      exe=$out/libexec/${drv.pname}-${drv.version}/${drv.pname}
-      install -D $out/bin/${drv.pname} $exe
-      rm -rf $out/{bin,lib,share}
-      makeWrapper $exe $out/bin/${drv.pname} \
+      exe=$libexec/bin/${drv.pname}-${drv.version}/${drv.pname}
+      install -D $bin/bin/${drv.pname} $exe
+      rm -rf $bin/bin $out/lib $out/share
+      makeWrapper $exe $bin/bin/${drv.pname} \
         --prefix PATH ":" "${nix}/bin" \
         --prefix PATH ":" "${nix-prefetch-scripts}/bin"
       mkdir -p $out/share/bash-completion/completions
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ with pkgs;
     executableToolDepends = [ makeWrapper ];
     postInstall = ''
       wrapProgram $out/bin/stack2nix \
-        --prefix PATH ":" "${git}/bin:${cabal2nix}/bin:${cabal-install}/bin:${stack}/bin"
+        ${lib.makeBinPath [ git cabal2nix cabal-install stack ]}
     '';
   });