diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 9b89787531cc..e3677aa02ca3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -165,8 +165,10 @@ self: super: {
     then dontCheck (overrideCabal super.hakyll (drv: {
       testToolDepends = [];
     }))
-    # https://github.com/jaspervdj/hakyll/issues/491
-    else dontCheck super.hakyll;
+    else appendPatch super.hakyll (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/jaspervdj/hakyll/pull/691/commits/a44ad37cd15310812e78f7dab58d6d460451f20c.patch";
+      sha256 = "13xpznm19rjp51ds165ll9ahyps1r4131c77b8r7gpjd6i505832";
+    });
 
   double-conversion = if !pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin
     then super.double-conversion