diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/cairo.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/cairo.nix
index da842c656e1..c0f678311b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/cairo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/cairo.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     hashable JuicyPixels lens mtl optparseApplicative pango split
     statestack time transformers vector
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams";
     description = "Cairo backend for diagrams drawing EDSL";