diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index d204aeb67f6f..7e11ad2ab6d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ self: super: {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/dlist-0.8.0.6.patch";
     sha256 = "0lkhibfxfk6mi796mrjgmbb50hbyjgc7xdinci64dahj8325jlpc";
   });
+  vector-th-unbox = appendPatch super.vector-th-unbox (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/vector-th-unbox-0.2.1.6.patch";
+    sha256 = "0169yf9ms1g5mmkc5l6hpffzm34zdrqdng4df02nbdmfgba45h19";
+  });
   cabal-doctest = appendPatch  (doJailbreak super.cabal-doctest) (pkgs.fetchpatch {
     url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hvr/head.hackage/master/patches/cabal-doctest-1.0.6.patch";
     sha256 = "0735mkxhv557pgnfvdjakkw9r85l5gy28grdwg929m26ghbf9s8j";