diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-mtl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-mtl/default.nix
index dfaa69bca93..4ae0212d6ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-mtl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/MonadCatchIO-mtl/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "0.3.1.0";
   sha256 = "0qarf73c8zq8dgvxdiwqybpjfy8gba9vf4k0skiwyk5iphilxhhq";
   buildDepends = [ extensibleExceptions MonadCatchIOTransformers ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://darcsden.com/jcpetruzza/MonadCatchIO-mtl";
     description = "Monad-transformer version of the Control.Exception module";