diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index fc2fd874dd9..839c17191ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ self: super: {
 
   safecopy = dontCheck super.safecopy;
 
+  zeromq4-haskell = super.zeromq4-haskell.override {
+       zeromq = pkgs.zeromq4;
+  };
+
   # "curl" means pkgs.curl
   git-annex = super.git-annex.override { inherit (pkgs) git rsync gnupg1 curl lsof openssh which bup perl wget; };