diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index e5f41f2d9bc..7835ed7d96f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -853,4 +853,7 @@ self: super: {
   Win32 = overrideCabal super.Win32 (drv: { broken = !pkgs.stdenv.isCygwin; });
   inline-c-win32 = dontDistribute super.inline-c-win32;
 
+  # Doesn't work with recent versions of mtl.
+  cron-compat = markBroken super.cron-compat;
+
 }