diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix
index 365e27371319..a82ff0993788 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/core.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   buildDepends = [
     MemoTrie newtype semigroups vectorSpace vectorSpacePoints
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams";
     description = "Core libraries for diagrams EDSL";