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 a91566e10a5..d173c5e7bc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -162,5 +162,6 @@ self: super: {
   chell = overrideCabal (doJailbreak super.chell) (_drv: {
     broken = false;
   });
+  system-fileio = doJailbreak super.system-fileio;
   yaml = self.yaml_0_11_1_2;
 }