diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shelly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shelly/default.nix
index 0c266ab1b29..cafb4a5215f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shelly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/shelly/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   buildDepends = [
     mtl systemFileio systemFilepath text time unixCompat
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/yesodweb/Shelly.hs";
     description = "shell-like (systems) programming in Haskell";