diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libhttpseverywhere/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libhttpseverywhere/default.nix
index 81e5f0fe73ea..0664da50b91b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libhttpseverywhere/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libhttpseverywhere/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, meson, ninja, makeFontsConf
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, meson, ninja, makeFontsConf, vala_0_40
 , gnome3, glib, json-glib, libarchive, libsoup, gobjectIntrospection }:
 
 let
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1jmn6i4vsm89q1axlq4ajqkzqmlmjaml9xhw3h9jnal46db6y00w";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ gnome3.vala gobjectIntrospection meson ninja pkgconfig ];
+  # Broken with newest Vala https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libhttpseverywhere/issues/1
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ vala_0_40 gobjectIntrospection meson ninja pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ glib gnome3.libgee json-glib libsoup libarchive ];
 
   mesonFlags = [ "-Denable_valadoc=true" ];