diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 61e45edf8f2..758397de1ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -925,4 +925,6 @@ self: super: {
   elm-server = markBroken super.elm-server;
   elm-yesod = markBroken super.elm-yesod;
 
+  # https://github.com/GaloisInc/HaNS/pull/8
+  hans = appendPatch super.hans ./patches/hans-disable-webserver.patch;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/hans-disable-webserver.patch b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/hans-disable-webserver.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14f7e51fdf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/hans-disable-webserver.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naur hans-2.5.0.0/hans.cabal hans-2.5.0.1/hans.cabal
+--- hans-2.5.0.0/hans.cabal     2015-08-06 14:48:45.453072822 +0300
++++ hans-2.5.0.1/hans.cabal     2015-08-06 14:49:13.044391528 +0300
+@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
+         description:    Build the example program
+
+ flag web-server
++        default:        False
+         description:    Build a simple web-server example
+
+ flag word32-in-random