diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wai-extra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wai-extra/default.nix
index 7e331d69da09..b14da93a54d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wai-extra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/wai-extra/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     blazeBuilder conduit dataDefault fastLogger hspec httpTypes HUnit
     text transformers wai waiTest zlib zlibBindings
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/yesodweb/wai";
     description = "Provides some basic WAI handlers and middleware";