diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index db9e9c2f6ad..0a269acbdb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2519,6 +2519,7 @@ extra-packages:
   - proto-lens-protobuf-types == 0.2.*  # required for tensorflow-proto-0.1.x on GHC 8.2.x
   - proto-lens-protoc == 0.2.*          # required for tensorflow-proto-0.1.x on GHC 8.2.x
   - QuickCheck < 2                      # required by test-framework-quickcheck and its users
+  - resolv == 0.1.1.2                   # required to build cabal-install-3.0.0.0 with pre ghc-8.8.x
   - resourcet ==1.1.*                   # pre-lts-11.x versions neeed by git-annex 6.20180227
   - seqid < 0.2                         # newer versions depend on transformers 0.4.x which we cannot provide in GHC 7.8.x
   - seqid-streams < 0.2                 # newer versions depend on transformers 0.4.x which we cannot provide in GHC 7.8.x