diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f31a766fce98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{cabal, xmonad, xmonadContrib, X11, utf8String, X11Xft}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "xmonad-extras";
+  version = "0.9.2";
+  sha256 = "54b41a4c59ff3d68b3a214d727fb5675fa7c1b90090d99e58ecae62b3dfdd701";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [X11 xmonad xmonadContrib utf8String X11Xft];
+  noHaddock = true;
+  meta = {
+    description = "Various modules for xmonad that cannot be added to xmonad-contrib because of additional dependencies";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 46e25e1d153b..e244ca8fc95e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1125,6 +1125,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   xmonadContrib = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-contrib.nix {};
 
+  xmonadExtras = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix {};
+
   # Tools.
 
   cabalInstall_0_6_2  = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cabal-install/0.6.2.nix  {};