diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-dev/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-dev/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79385bd88a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-dev/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ cabal, Cabal, cabalInstall, filepath, HTTP, mtl, network, tar
+, transformers, zlib
+}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "cabal-dev";
+  version = "0.9.1";
+  sha256 = "1brz0nw959jdyjrhjqy9sixsb316hjmw4pxxsybfl8vixsivdfh6";
+  isLibrary = false;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [
+    Cabal filepath HTTP mtl network tar transformers zlib
+  ];
+  buildTools = [ cabalInstall ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/creswick/cabal-dev";
+    description = "Manage sandboxed Haskell build environments";
+    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 c9c72cc4a6b5..3a1ad4f2081a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1904,6 +1904,13 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   cabal2nix = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal2nix {};
 
+  cabalDev = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal-dev {
+    mtl          = self.mtl_2_0_1_0.override { transformers = self.transformers_0_2_2_0; };
+    transformers = self.transformers_0_2_2_0;
+    tar          = self.tar_0_3_2_0;
+  };
+
+
   cabalGhci = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal-ghci {};
 
   cabalInstall_0_6_2  = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cabal-install/0.6.2.nix  {};