diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
index 511b1b70f28..6154ed6c9a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/github/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     aeson attoparsec caseInsensitive conduit dataDefault failure HTTP
     httpConduit httpTypes network text time unorderedContainers vector
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/fpco/github";
     description = "Access to the Github API, v3";