diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-db/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-db/default.nix
index 234c158cf90..215be2d4363 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/haskell/cabal-db/default.nix
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     description = "query tools for the local cabal database (revdeps, graph, info, search-by, license, bounds)";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = self.ghc.meta.platforms;
+    broken = true;
   };
 })