diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index b9e55b31953..661d43afe38 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ self: super: {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/haskell-src-exts-1.21.0.patch";
     sha256 = "0alb28hcsp774c9s73dgrajcb44vgv1xqfg2n5a9y2bpyngqscs3";
   });
-  optparse-applicative = appendPatch super.optparse-applicative (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+  optparse-applicative = appendPatch (doJailbreak super.optparse-applicative) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/optparse-applicative-0.14.3.0.patch";
     sha256 = "068sjj98jqiq3h8h03mg4w2pa11q8lxkx2i4lmxivq77xyhlwq3y";
   });