diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.7.0.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.7.0.2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae211346c90d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.7.0.2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ cabal, ansiWlPprint, HUnit, QuickCheck, testFramework
+, testFrameworkHunit, testFrameworkQuickcheck2
+, testFrameworkThPrime, transformers, transformersCompat
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "optparse-applicative";
+  version = "0.7.0.2";
+  sha256 = "1pq620236x8fch9nkq4g4vganbzksnwj8z1bb80c2mwvf6sbg5ci";
+  buildDepends = [ ansiWlPprint transformers transformersCompat ];
+  testDepends = [
+    HUnit QuickCheck testFramework testFrameworkHunit
+    testFrameworkQuickcheck2 testFrameworkThPrime
+  ];
+  jailbreak = true;
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pcapriotti/optparse-applicative";
+    description = "Utilities and combinators for parsing command line options";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.9.0.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.9.0.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 6c091fac5814..3fdbb2734ae1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1644,7 +1644,9 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   options = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/options {};
 
-  optparseApplicative = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative {};
+  optparseApplicative_0_7_0_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.7.0.2.nix {};
+  optparseApplicative_0_9_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.9.0.nix {};
+  optparseApplicative = self.optparseApplicative_0_9_0;
 
   pathPieces = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/path-pieces {};