diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 2a8ae386b8f4..50ce7434babd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ self: super: {
   diagrams = dontHaddock super.diagrams;
   either = dontHaddock super.either;
   feldspar-signal = dontHaddock super.feldspar-signal; # https://github.com/markus-git/feldspar-signal/issues/1
-  gl = dontHaddock super.gl;
+  gl = doJailbreak (dontHaddock super.gl); # jailbreak fixed in unrleased (2017-03-01) https://github.com/ekmett/gl/commit/885e08a96aa53d80c3b62e157b20d2f05e34f133
   groupoids = dontHaddock super.groupoids;
   hamlet = dontHaddock super.hamlet;
   HaXml = dontHaddock super.HaXml;