diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 433060b4405..f5a653ec637 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1589,4 +1589,26 @@ self: super: {
 
   # Overly strict version bounds: https://github.com/Profpatsch/yarn-lock/issues/8
   yarn-lock = doJailbreak super.yarn-lock;
+
+  # Dependency to regex-tdfa-text can be removed for later regex-tdfa versions.
+  # Fix protolude compilation error by applying patch from pull-request.
+  # Override can be removed for the next release > 0.8.0.
+  yarn2nix = overrideCabal (super.yarn2nix.override {
+    regex-tdfa-text = null;
+  }) (attrs: {
+    jailbreak = true;
+    # remove dependency on regex-tdfa-text
+    # which has been merged into regex-tdfa
+    postPatch = ''
+      sed -i '/regex-tdfa-text/d' yarn2nix.cabal
+    '';
+    patches = (attrs.patches or []) ++ [
+      # fix a compilation error related to protolude 0.3
+      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/Profpatsch/yarn2nix/commit/ca78cf06226819b2e78cb6cdbc157d27afb41532.patch";
+        sha256 = "1vkczwzhxilnp87apyb18nycn834y5nbw4yr1kpwlwhrhalvzw61";
+        includes = [ "*/ResolveLockfile.hs" ];
+      })
+    ];
+  });
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super