diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix
index 393278be49ef..130c9995c8de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/base.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { mkDerivation
+, broken ? false
 , test-framework
 , test-framework-hunit
 , test-framework-quickcheck2
@@ -183,5 +184,5 @@ in mkDerivation (rec {
   license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
   platforms = ghc.meta.platforms;
   maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ jwiegley cstrahan ];
-  broken = true;  # http://hydra.nixos.org/build/45110274
+  inherit broken;
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
index 7400057b128f..eda724e5947b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 { bootPkgs }:
 
-bootPkgs.callPackage ./base.nix { inherit bootPkgs; }
+bootPkgs.callPackage ./base.nix {
+  inherit bootPkgs;
+  broken = true; # http://hydra.nixos.org/build/45110274
+}