diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 1f24556a1a2..1a7d928dbdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -858,4 +858,7 @@ self: super: {
 
   # https://github.com/lambdabot/lambdabot/issues/158
   lambdabot-core = doJailbreak super.lambdabot-core;
+
+  # https://github.com/jswebtools/language-ecmascript/pull/81
+  language-ecmascript = doJailbreak super.language-ecmascript;
 }