diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
index b7195ac60c7..88de8356da8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.0.x.nix
@@ -161,4 +161,6 @@ self: super: {
     buildDepends = [ primitive ];
     license = pkgs.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
   }) {};
+
+  MonadCatchIO-transformers = doJailbreak super.MonadCatchIO-transformers;
 }