diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/postscript.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/postscript.nix
index 557aae73db5..3d8656c5244 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/postscript.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/postscript.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     dataDefaultClass diagramsCore diagramsLib dlist filepath hashable
     lens monoidExtras mtl semigroups split vectorSpace
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams/";
     description = "Postscript backend for diagrams drawing EDSL";