diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/edit-distance/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/edit-distance/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07744765adba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/edit-distance/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ cabal, random }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "edit-distance";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+  sha256 = "1zhiyzgqmxi4mn7zn5q6rg03hgff9y5f9xizbs00069v7ncygi38";
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  buildDepends = [ random ];
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/batterseapower/edit-distance";
+    description = "Levenshtein and restricted Damerau-Levenshtein edit distances";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.andres ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 00b60bf5ef67..5359966c9b8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   dstring = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/dstring {};
 
+  editDistance = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/edit-distance {};
+
   editline = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/editline {};
 
   emailValidate = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/email-validate {};