diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix
index 985a69dce13..76cf77f1315 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     dualTree MemoTrie monoidExtras newtype semigroups vectorSpace
     vectorSpacePoints
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams";
     description = "Core libraries for diagrams EDSL";