diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index e1c58dd49c4e..50901b7d1dac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1185,4 +1185,7 @@ self: super: {
   # });
   libnix = dontCheck super.libnix;
 
+  # https://github.com/jmillikin/chell/issues/1
+  chell = super.chell.override { patience = self.patience_0_1_1; };
+
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 8ac91d65973f..4b50a1d52633 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2455,6 +2455,7 @@ extra-packages:
   - yesod-persistent < 1.5              # pre-lts-11.x versions neeed by git-annex 6.20180227
   - yesod-static ^>= 1.5                # pre-lts-11.x versions neeed by git-annex 6.20180227
   - yesod-test ^>= 1.5                  # pre-lts-11.x versions neeed by git-annex 6.20180227
+  - patience ^>= 0.1                    # required by chell-0.4.x
 
 package-maintainers:
   peti:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index e6bfba602abd..6c30537c2ca1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -161832,6 +161832,20 @@ self: {
        license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
      }) {};
 
+  "patience_0_1_1" = callPackage
+    ({ mkDerivation, base, containers }:
+     mkDerivation {
+       pname = "patience";
+       version = "0.1.1";
+       sha256 = "0qyv20gqy9pb1acy700ahv70lc6vprcwb26cc7fcpcs4scsc7irm";
+       revision = "1";
+       editedCabalFile = "0xj4hypjnhsn5jhs66l9wwhpkn5pbd8xmx7pgcy2ib08cz1087y7";
+       libraryHaskellDepends = [ base containers ];
+       description = "Patience diff and longest increasing subsequence";
+       license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+       hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.none;
+     }) {};
+
   "patience" = callPackage
     ({ mkDerivation, base, containers }:
      mkDerivation {