diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/permutation/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/permutation/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e21a8993a97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/permutation/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ cabal }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "permutation";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+  sha256 = "0fgw4ivs8sa18fyphwr3mzp2v7ha2nz2yf3a7jmz9ymqdf2xws97";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://stat.stanford.edu/~patperry/code/permutation";
+    description = "A library for permutations and combinations";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres
+      self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons
+    ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 6df1eafe4afd..0d3d43ab64ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1099,6 +1099,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   pcreLight = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/pcre-light {};
 
+  permutation = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/permutation {};
+
   persistent = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/persistent {};
 
   persistentSqlite = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/persistent-sqlite {};