diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/explicit-exception/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/explicit-exception/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efa2f2fb7ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/explicit-exception/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ cabal, transformers }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "explicit-exception";
+  version = "0.1.6";
+  sha256 = "0pgdbaav952bwcmbfwg0fgvc15k57rlnw131bs3pnp8rqdbxfv39";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [ transformers ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Exception";
+    description = "Exceptions which are explicit in the type signature";
+    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 9a7c7cab1f7c..70338b6bbea8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   erf = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/erf {};
 
+  explicitException = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/explicit-exception {};
+
   filepath = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/filepath {};
 
   extensibleExceptions_0_1_1_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/extensible-exceptions/0.1.1.0.nix {};