diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix
index f991bb58586..a2db6032675 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/highlighting-kate/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ blazeHtml filepath mtl parsec regexPcre ];
   prePatch = "sed -i -e 's|regex-pcre-builtin|regex-pcre|' highlighting-kate.cabal";
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/jgm/highlighting-kate";
     description = "Syntax highlighting";