diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/simple-conduit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/simple-conduit/default.nix
index f1ad007c8f97..49e574772f1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/simple-conduit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/simple-conduit/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     primitive semigroups stm streamingCommons text transformers
     transformersBase vector
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/jwiegley/simple-conduit";
     description = "A simple streaming I/O library based on monadic folds";