diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index 8311b18dc21..9fc1cdf39f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ self: super: {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/shakespeare-2.0.20.patch";
     sha256 = "1dgx41ylahj4wk8r422aik0d7qdpawdga4gqz905nvlnhqjla58y";
   });
+  socks = appendPatch super.socks (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/socks-0.6.0.patch";
+    sha256 = "1dsqmx0sw62x4glh43c0sbizd2y00v5xybiqadn96v6pmfrap5cp";
+  });
   lens = appendPatch (doJailbreak super.lens) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/lens-4.17.1.patch";
     sha256 = "0w89ipi6dfkx5vlw4a64hh6fd0bm9hg33mwpghliyyxik5jmilv1";