diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
index 9ca226b973ae..b5565e0f9823 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/broken.yaml
@@ -587,7 +587,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - cabal2ebuild # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233221248 at 2023-09-02
   - cabal2ghci # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233233018 at 2023-09-02
   - cabal2json # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233196099 at 2023-09-02
-  - cabal-add # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/273461296 at 2024-10-01
   - cabal-audit # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233193414 at 2023-09-02
   - cabal-auto-expose # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/233195440 at 2023-09-02
   - cabal-build-programs # failure in job https://hydra.nixos.org/build/257091363 at 2024-04-27
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
index 061f1aa3c4ab..d2ab3e86029f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-nix.nix
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ self: super: builtins.intersectAttrs super {
   ### HASKELL-LANGUAGE-SERVER SECTION ###
   #######################################
 
+  cabal-add = overrideCabal (drv: {
+    # tests depend on executable
+    preCheck = ''export PATH="$PWD/dist/build/cabal-add:$PATH"'';
+  }) super.cabal-add;
+
   haskell-language-server = overrideCabal (drv: {
     # starting with 1.6.1.1 haskell-language-server wants to be linked dynamically
     # by default. Unless we reflect this in the generic builder, GHC is going to
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 631587a128d3..d94ec23b53f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -58862,7 +58862,6 @@ self: {
        license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
        hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
        mainProgram = "cabal-add";
-       broken = true;
      }) {};
 
   "cabal-appimage" = callPackage