diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/c2hs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/c2hs/default.nix
index f63d9f1771b5..9313deaf840d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/c2hs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/c2hs/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   testDepends = [
     filepath HUnit shelly testFramework testFrameworkHunit text
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
+  doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/haskell/c2hs";
     description = "C->Haskell FFI tool that gives some cross-language type safety";