diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index e83b25659f2..546f3a053ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -124,4 +124,8 @@ self: super: {
 
   # This became a core library in ghc 8.10., so we don‘t have an "exception" attribute anymore.
   exceptions = super.exceptions_0_10_4;
+
+  # ghc versions which don‘t match the ghc-lib-parser-ex version need the
+  # additional dependency to compile successfully.
+  ghc-lib-parser-ex = addBuildDepend super.ghc-lib-parser-ex self.ghc-lib-parser;
 }