diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-macosx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-macosx/default.nix
index 351979627cb..be59a3897c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-macosx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-macosx/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isLibrary = true;
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ Cabal fgl filepath parsec text ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/gimbo/cabal-macosx";
     description = "Cabal support for creating Mac OSX application bundles";