diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aws/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aws/default.nix
index 3df47d95618..1776d0b48d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aws/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/aws/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     tastyQuickcheck text transformers
   ];
   doCheck = false;
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/aristidb/aws";
     description = "Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Haskell";