diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
index 530e62047b9..1c4951a6c19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ self: super: {
     };
     buildDepends = [ primitive ];
     license = pkgs.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    broken = true;   # needs template-haskell >=2.9 && <2.11
   }) {};
 
   # ghc-mod has a ghc-8 branch that has not yet been merged