diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/4.7.5.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/4.7.5.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/5.1.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/5.1.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc2f0256d7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vty/5.1.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ cabal, blazeBuilder, Cabal, dataDefault, deepseq, filepath
+, hashable, HUnit, lens, mtl, parallel, parsec, QuickCheck
+, quickcheckAssertions, random, smallcheck, stringQq, terminfo
+, testFramework, testFrameworkHunit, testFrameworkSmallcheck, text
+, transformers, utf8String, vector
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "vty";
+  version = "5.1.0";
+  sha256 = "0cq9y802z9wq69yw1yy916xsz6j7v8208k5mxixp41375cdm141x";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [
+    blazeBuilder dataDefault deepseq filepath hashable lens mtl
+    parallel parsec terminfo text transformers utf8String vector
+  ];
+  testDepends = [
+    blazeBuilder Cabal dataDefault deepseq HUnit lens mtl QuickCheck
+    quickcheckAssertions random smallcheck stringQq terminfo
+    testFramework testFrameworkHunit testFrameworkSmallcheck text
+    utf8String vector
+  ];
+  doCheck = false;
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/coreyoconnor/vty";
+    description = "A simple terminal UI library";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
index 959fa331c053..d002503d0c73 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     modularArithmetic = null;           # requires base >= 4.7
     pipesBinary = super.pipesBinary.override { binary = self.binary_0_7_2_1; };
     singletons = null;                  # requires base >= 4.7
+    vty_5_1_0 = super.vty_5_1_0.override { cabal = self.cabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_18_1_3; }; };
     transformers = self.transformers_0_3_0_0; # core packagen in ghc > 7.6.x
     zipArchive = super.zipArchive_0_2_2_1;    # works without binary 0.7.x
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 28bd1b4b5350..e63e49367003 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -2397,7 +2397,9 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   void = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/void {};
 
-  vty = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/vty {};
+  vty_4_7_5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/vty/4.7.5.nix {};
+  vty_5_1_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/vty/5.1.0.nix {};
+  vty = self.vty_4_7_5;
 
   vtyUi = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/vty-ui {};