diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk-traymanager/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk-traymanager/default.nix
index c588ac9a24c3..fe55c93c52d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk-traymanager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/gtk-traymanager/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   sha256 = "0dprxds49ljn0n94ca423gvh5ks2jmb4qx3lkqwpxqbcp0j8il7p";
   buildDepends = [ glib gtk ];
   pkgconfigDepends = [ gtk x11 ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/travitch/gtk-traymanager";
     description = "A wrapper around the eggtraymanager library for Linux system trays";