diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 56e79f86d7f..c87692ba1c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2668,6 +2668,7 @@ default-package-overrides:
 extra-packages:
   - aeson < 0.8                         # newer versions don't work with GHC 7.6.x or earlier
   - aeson-pretty < 0.8                  # required by elm compiler
+  - ansi-terminal < 0.7                 # required by purescript compiler
   - apply-refact < 0.4                  # newer versions don't work with GHC 8.0.x
   - binary > 0.7 && < 0.8               # keep a 7.x major release around for older compilers
   - binary > 0.8 && < 0.9               # keep a 8.x major release around for older compilers