diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.10.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.10.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff546c76eae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.10.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# This file was auto-generated by cabal2nix. Please do NOT edit manually!
+
+{ cabal, ansiWlPprint, transformers, transformersCompat }:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "optparse-applicative";
+  version = "0.10.0";
+  sha256 = "04hr6rzgc8h0c8fy748as3q7sc8vm94gvk0rw4gdj605z8hvaxcb";
+  buildDepends = [ ansiWlPprint transformers transformersCompat ];
+  jailbreak = true;
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pcapriotti/optparse-applicative";
+    description = "Utilities and combinators for parsing command line options";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.9.1.1.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.9.1.1.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index c32a80c0e4b2..25543d752df5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -1795,7 +1795,9 @@ self : let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope self x y); in
 
   options = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/options {};
 
-  optparseApplicative = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative {};
+  optparseApplicative_0_9_1_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.9.1.1.nix {};
+  optparseApplicative_0_10_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/optparse-applicative/0.10.0.nix {};
+  optparseApplicative = self.optparseApplicative_0_9_1_1;       # version 0.10.0 breaks too many builds
 
   pathPieces = callPackage ../development/libraries/haskell/path-pieces {};