diff --git a/haskell/private/cabal_wrapper.py.tpl b/haskell/private/cabal_wrapper.py.tpl
index 81269cc7..35c24cf4 100755
--- a/haskell/private/cabal_wrapper.py.tpl
+++ b/haskell/private/cabal_wrapper.py.tpl
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@ with tmpdir() as distdir:
         "--with-hc-pkg=" + ghc_pkg,
         "--with-ar=" + ar,
         "--with-gcc=" + cc,
+        "--ghc-option=-pgmc=" + cc,
+        "--ghc-option=-pgma=" + cc,
+        "--ghc-option=-pgmP=" + cc,
+        "--ghc-option=-pgml=" + cc,
+        # Setting -pgm* flags explicitly has the unfortunate side effect
+        # of resetting any program flags in the GHC settings file. So we
+        # restore them here. See
+        # https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7929.
+        "--ghc-option=-optc-fno-stack-protector",
+        "--ghc-option=-optP-E",
+        "--ghc-option=-optP-undef",
+        "--ghc-option=-optP-traditional",
         "--with-strip=" + strip,
         "--enable-deterministic", \
         ] +