diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.4.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.4.1.nix
index 63fb364511f3..38c4f2cae3f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.4.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/syb/0.4.1.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   version = "0.4.1";
   sha256 = "1lkh4rrqdzvb8kyry07x2z88v478hrw5cp8wmhjgpg0ck8ywncma";
   testDepends = [ HUnit mtl ];
+  doCheck = self.stdenv.lib.versionOlder self.ghc.version "7.9";
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/GenericProgramming/SYB";
     description = "Scrap Your Boilerplate";