diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/data-object/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/data-object/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c774c8c79f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/data-object/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ cabal, failure, text, time }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "data-object";
+  version = "0.3.1.7";
+  sha256 = "0b4jai09nx3h2vfj5f2q1wp0wldvkjygyzkgrrc6hnsfx2qv8qf7";
+  buildDepends = [ failure text time ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/snoyberg/data-object/tree/master";
+    description = "Represent hierachichal structures, called objects in JSON";
+    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 c65463ed4d31..979542ebb8a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   dataenc = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/dataenc {};
 
+  dataObject = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/data-object {};
+
+  dataObjectYaml = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/data-object-yaml {};
+
   dataReify = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/data-reify {};
 
   datetime = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/datetime {};