diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index f3087c6c064..541f902f4ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2489,6 +2489,7 @@ extra-packages:
   - control-monad-free < 0.6            # newer versions don't compile with anything but GHC 7.8.x
   - dbus <1                             # for xmonad-0.26
   - deepseq == 1.3.0.1                  # required to build Cabal with GHC 6.12.3
+  - dhall == 1.27.0                     # required for spago 0.13.0.  Probably can be removed when next version of spago is available.
   - generic-deriving == 1.10.5.*        # new versions don't compile with GHC 7.10.x
   - gloss < 1.9.3                       # new versions don't compile with GHC 7.8.x
   - haddock == 2.22.*                   # required on GHC 8.0.x