diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 4fb510efed0..e17a1217d46 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ self: super: {
     hinotify = if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then self.hinotify else self.fsnotify;
   };
 
+  # Backport fix for bash: compgen: command not found
+  # which happens in nix-shell when a non-interactive bash is on PATH
+  # PR to master: https://github.com/pcapriotti/optparse-applicative/pull/408
+  optparse-applicative = appendPatch super.optparse-applicative (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+    name = "optparse-applicative-0.15.1-hercules-ci-compgen.diff";
+    url = "https://github.com/hercules-ci/optparse-applicative/compare/0.15.1...hercules-ci:0.15.1-nixpkgs-compgen.diff";
+    sha256 = "1bcp6b7gvc8pqbn1n1ybhizkkl5if7hk9ipgl746vk08v0d3xxql";
+  });
+
   # Fix test trying to access /home directory
   shell-conduit = overrideCabal super.shell-conduit (drv: {
     postPatch = "sed -i s/home/tmp/ test/Spec.hs";