diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vcswrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vcswrapper/default.nix
index 8c2653c66f5..ca739b1d923 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vcswrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/vcswrapper/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isLibrary = true;
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ filepath hxt mtl parsec split text ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/forste/haskellVCSWrapper";
     description = "Wrapper for source code management systems";