diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
index 334c7f59d57..eebb07c0aa1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/xmonad/xmonad-extras.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     xmonadContrib
   ];
   configureFlags = "-f-with_hlist -fwith_split -fwith_parsec";
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/xmonad-extras";
     description = "Third party extensions for xmonad with wacky dependencies";