diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ncurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ncurses/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c98f711f29715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ncurses/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ cabal, c2hs, ncurses, text, transformers }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "ncurses";
+  version = "0.2.4";
+  sha256 = "0d4h85qgva1sf59g55k9xidqdpw18qj51xj7w5cqsf5pcpxgkcwh";
+  buildDepends = [ text transformers ];
+  buildTools = [ c2hs ];
+  extraLibraries = [ ncurses ];
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e "s,ncursesw/,," lib/UI/NCurses.chs
+    sed -i -e "s,ncursesw/,," lib/UI/NCurses/Enums.chs
+    sed -i -e "s,ncursesw/,," lib/UI/NCurses/Panel.chs
+    sed -i -e "s,ncursesw/,," cbits/hsncurses-shim.c
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://john-millikin.com/software/haskell-ncurses/";
+    description = "Modernised bindings to GNU ncurses";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 07b4071a00486..61b4d6c50b3f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1473,6 +1473,8 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.final x y);
 
   naturals = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/naturals {};
 
+  ncurses = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/ncurses { inherit (pkgs) ncurses; };
+
   netlist = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/netlist {};
 
   netlistToVhdl = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/netlist-to-vhdl {};