diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/HandsomeSoup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/HandsomeSoup/default.nix
index f069adffdcc8..6fa5e7e91140 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/HandsomeSoup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/HandsomeSoup/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     HTTP hxt hxtHttp MaybeT mtl network networkUri parsec transformers
   ];
   testDepends = [ hspec hxt ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   doCheck = false;
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/egonSchiele/HandsomeSoup";