diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/haskeline-class/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/haskeline-class/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40b3857c03bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/haskeline-class/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{cabal, haskeline, mtl}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "haskeline-class";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  sha256 = "da954acea7ae215865a647fff776df9621ee5c5133a5f95c16b1ac5646ef0b31";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [haskeline mtl];
+  meta = {
+    description = "Class interface for working with Haskeline";
+  };
+})  
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/text/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/text/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fb02befcfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/text/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{cabal}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "text";
+  version = "0.5";
+  sha256 = "02c3b6a57e1250dc0945d909dffdc256c2e720e751b8a75d6117522c85100fc2";
+  meta = {
+    description = "An efficient package Unicode text type";
+  };
+})  
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 0982d4e7e4fc..8ffeeda0e28a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ rec {
     inherit cabal extensibleExceptions mtl utf8String;
   };
 
+  haskelineClass = import ../development/libraries/haskell/haskeline-class {
+    inherit cabal haskeline mtl;
+  };
+
   haskellLexer = import ../development/libraries/haskell/haskell-lexer {
     inherit cabal;
   };
@@ -479,6 +483,10 @@ rec {
     inherit cabal HUnit QuickCheck mtl;
   };
 
+  text = import ../development/libraries/haskell/text {
+    inherit cabal;
+  };
+
   /* time is Haskell Platform default, time113 is more recent but incompatible */
   time = import ../development/libraries/haskell/time {
     inherit cabal;