diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/doctest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/doctest/default.nix
index 3c8988400bc..fd9728f4fb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/doctest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/doctest/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     silently stringbuilder syb transformers
   ];
   doCheck = false;
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sol/doctest-haskell#readme";
     description = "Test interactive Haskell examples";