diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uri-encode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uri-encode/default.nix
index 91afed019cbe..d6e445ebd4e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uri-encode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/uri-encode/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   isLibrary = true;
   isExecutable = true;
   buildDepends = [ networkUri text utf8String ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     description = "Unicode aware uri-encoding";
     license = "unknown";