diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/svg.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/svg.nix
index 8393d7c6f982..9f1f3175525a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/svg.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/svg.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     diagramsLib filepath hashable JuicyPixels lens monoidExtras mtl
     split time vectorSpace
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams/";
     description = "SVG backend for diagrams drawing EDSL";