diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/default.nix
index 9c0edece302..afb01673650 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/failure/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "0.2.0.2";
   sha256 = "0hvcsn7qx00613f23vvb3vjpjlcy0nfavsai9f6s3yvmyssk5kfv";
   buildDepends = [ transformers ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Failure";
     description = "A simple type class for success/failure computations. (deprecated)";