diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix
index 41b81b6ba15f..4b67704b3d47 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.6.x.nix
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ in
   # A given major version of ghc-exactprint only supports one version of GHC.
   ghc-exactprint = addBuildDepend self.extra super.ghc-exactprint_1_7_1_0;
 
+  ghc-lib = doDistribute self.ghc-lib_9_8_5_20250214;
   ghc-lib-parser = doDistribute self.ghc-lib-parser_9_8_5_20250214;
   ghc-lib-parser-ex = doDistribute self.ghc-lib-parser-ex_9_8_0_2;
   haddock-library = doJailbreak super.haddock-library;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
index 8b430b143451..f46144828e42 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-9.8.x.nix
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ in
   ghc-exactprint = doDistribute super.ghc-exactprint_1_8_0_0;
 
   haddock-library = doJailbreak super.haddock-library;
+  ghc-lib = doDistribute self.ghc-lib_9_8_5_20250214;
   ghc-lib-parser = doDistribute self.ghc-lib-parser_9_8_5_20250214;
   ghc-lib-parser-ex = doDistribute self.ghc-lib-parser-ex_9_8_0_2;
   inherit
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
index 33fcd5134f12..435d8982c38e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extra-packages:
   - ghc-exactprint == 1.9.*             # 2024-08-27: needed for GHC == 9.10
   - ghc-exactprint == 1.12.*            # 2025-10-15: needed for GHC == 9.12
   - ghc-lib == 9.6.*                    # 2022-02-17: preserve for GHC 9.4
+  - ghc-lib == 9.8.*                    # 2025-12-11: preserve for GHC 9.6, 9.8
   - ghc-lib == 9.10.*                   # 2024-12-30: preserve for GHC 9.10/ghc-tags 1.9
   - ghc-lib-parser == 9.6.*             # 2024-05-19: preserve for GHC 9.4
   - ghc-lib-parser == 9.8.*            # 2024-12-26: preserve for GHC 9.6, 9.8
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 717a6d121386..646dc50b6ae1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -261125,6 +261125,71 @@ self: {
     }
   ) { };
 
+  ghc-lib_9_8_5_20250214 = callPackage (
+    {
+      mkDerivation,
+      alex,
+      array,
+      base,
+      binary,
+      bytestring,
+      containers,
+      deepseq,
+      directory,
+      exceptions,
+      filepath,
+      ghc-lib-parser,
+      ghc-prim,
+      happy,
+      hpc,
+      parsec,
+      pretty,
+      process,
+      rts,
+      semaphore-compat,
+      stm,
+      time,
+      transformers,
+      unix,
+    }:
+    mkDerivation {
+      pname = "ghc-lib";
+      version = "9.8.5.20250214";
+      sha256 = "1f0q8y22k8qwqjax4bvn1cbg2whxmcnfydp6izw54rk4yqyx5b0c";
+      enableSeparateDataOutput = true;
+      libraryHaskellDepends = [
+        array
+        base
+        binary
+        bytestring
+        containers
+        deepseq
+        directory
+        exceptions
+        filepath
+        ghc-lib-parser
+        ghc-prim
+        hpc
+        parsec
+        pretty
+        process
+        rts
+        semaphore-compat
+        stm
+        time
+        transformers
+        unix
+      ];
+      libraryToolDepends = [
+        alex
+        happy
+      ];
+      description = "The GHC API, decoupled from GHC versions";
+      license = lib.licensesSpdx."BSD-3-Clause";
+      hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
+    }
+  ) { };
+
   ghc-lib_9_10_3_20250912 = callPackage (
     {
       mkDerivation,