diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/common-overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/common-overrides.nix
index a88e2c48d03..52f3ad497ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/common-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/common-overrides.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ in self: super: {
   ghc-api-ghcjs = addBuildTools super.ghc-api-ghcjs [alex happy];
   ghcjs = dontHaddock (appendConfigureFlag (doJailbreak super.ghcjs) "-fno-wrapper-install");
   haddock-library-ghcjs = dontHaddock super.haddock-library-ghcjs;
+  system-fileio = doJailbreak super.system-fileio;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/default.nix
index 06187987b6c..068d7b578df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs-ng/default.nix
@@ -105,6 +105,5 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     meta.platforms = passthru.bootPkgs.ghc.meta.platforms;
     meta.maintainers = [lib.maintainers.elvishjerricco];
-    meta.broken = true;
     meta.hydraPlatforms = [];
   }