diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal/default.nix
index 1bb1bcacca3..8cf84a5a14e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/libsystemd-journal/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     unixBytestring unorderedContainers uuid vector
   ];
   extraLibraries = [ systemd-journal ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/ocharles/libsystemd-journal";
     description = "Haskell bindings to libsystemd-journal";