diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ekg-bosun/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ekg-bosun/default.nix
index 255c995ae95..44a810d9039 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ekg-bosun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/ekg-bosun/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     aeson ekgCore httpClient lens network networkUri text time
     unorderedContainers vector wreq
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/ocharles/ekg-bosun";
     description = "Send ekg metrics to a Bosun instance";