diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/markov-chain/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/markov-chain/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5907fce4f176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/markov-chain/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ cabal, random, transformers }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "markov-chain";
+  version = "0.0.3.2";
+  sha256 = "0shld9b6vdi5274wyhwpw5ggfm6xi5j7m3ag989bxarhrfzjxgdk";
+  buildDepends = [ random transformers ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://code.haskell.org/~thielema/markov-chain/";
+    description = "Markov Chains for generating random sequences with a user definable behaviour";
+    license = "GPL";
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 01c663c67082..bfd4ed7fd092 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1500,6 +1500,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   mainlandPretty = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/mainland-pretty {};
 
+  markovChain = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/markov-chain {};
+
   maude = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/maude {};
 
   MaybeT = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/MaybeT {};