diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index f6c677f0bd0..34907151f0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -844,4 +844,10 @@ self: super: {
 
   # https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-extras/issues/3
   xmonad-extras = doJailbreak super.xmonad-extras;
+
+  # https://github.com/bmillwood/pointfree/issues/21
+  pointfree = appendPatch super.pointfree (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/bmillwood/pointfree/pull/22.patch";
+    sha256 = "04q0b5d78ill2yrpflkphvk2y38qc50si2qff4bllp47wj42aqmp";
+  });
 }