diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b456c1d81a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ cabal, zeromq }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "zeromq-haskell";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+  sha256 = "19fl3nd548yj6d6c3jqr6lxk6y033qa68jgnc5aq5w8kmlpn70mc";
+  extraLibraries = [ zeromq ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/twittner/zeromq-haskell/";
+    description = "bindings to zeromq";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06beb9254f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libuuid}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "zeromq-2.1.10";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.zeromq.org/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0yabbbgx9ajpq0hjzqjm6rmj7pkcj95d5zn7d59b4wmm6kipwwn6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libuuid ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.zeromq.org";
+    description = "The Intelligent Transport Layer";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ec3cc3706337..3dad98e476bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4730,6 +4730,8 @@ let
     static = true;
   }));
 
+  zeromq = callPackage ../development/libraries/zeromq {};
+
   zvbi = callPackage ../development/libraries/zvbi {
     pngSupport = true;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index a5e622a08d11..1b086de02666 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1360,6 +1360,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   yst = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/yst {};
 
+  zeromqHaskell = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/zeromq-haskell {};
+
   zipArchive = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/zip-archive {};
 
   zipper = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/zipper {