diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-bounds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-bounds/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4cd6adf5ab94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-bounds/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ cabal, Cabal, cmdargs, either, filepath, lens, strict, tasty
+, tastyGolden, transformers, unorderedContainers
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "cabal-bounds";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+  sha256 = "09l9ii26li178sw0rm49w4dhfkf46g4sjjdy4frmc74isvnzkpwj";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [
+    Cabal cmdargs either lens strict transformers unorderedContainers
+  ];
+  testDepends = [ filepath tasty tastyGolden ];
+  doCheck = false;
+  jailbreak = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A command line program for managing the bounds/versions of the dependencies in a cabal file";
+    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 96ee08c539e3..7e3151c95587 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -3064,6 +3064,12 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
 
   cabalDelete = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal-delete {};
 
+  cabalBounds = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal-bounds {
+    Cabal = if pkgs.stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast "7.8" ghc.version
+              then null
+              else self.Cabal_1_18_1_3;
+  };
+
   cabalDev = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal-dev {};
 
   cabalMeta = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal-meta {};