diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/bzlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/bzlib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc9f244261b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/bzlib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ cabal, bzip2 }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "bzlib";
+  version = "0.5.0.4";
+  sha256 = "1vf37y7wknrihf7hipd6lihkmn7sszbgfb325my52yzbjs3baccd";
+  extraLibraries = [ bzip2 ];
+  meta = {
+    description = "Compression and decompression in the bzip2 format";
+    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 c92e284027f5..85bfc911005f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   bytestringProgress = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bytestring-progress {};
 
+  bzlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/bzlib {};
+
   c2hs = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/c2hs {};
 
   c2hsc = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/c2hsc {};