diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/xml-lens/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/xml-lens/default.nix
index fd9609ec25f..f9e60441975 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/xml-lens/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/xml-lens/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "0.1.6.1";
   sha256 = "093grvlpm19l3g10ka82xpzl2wr0gli71kfkbvk4gvg3194fkw4h";
   buildDepends = [ lens text xmlConduit ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/fumieval/xml-lens";
     description = "Lenses, traversals, prisms for xml-conduit";