diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/test-framework-quickcheck2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/test-framework-quickcheck2/default.nix
index 77e201ca63d4..b944c1e104cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/test-framework-quickcheck2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/test-framework-quickcheck2/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   buildDepends = [
     extensibleExceptions QuickCheck random testFramework
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://batterseapower.github.com/test-framework/";
     description = "QuickCheck2 support for the test-framework package";