diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-cargs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-cargs/default.nix
index 243dd2beb000..34759c9b8926 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-cargs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/cabal-cargs/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     systemFilepath text transformers unorderedContainers
   ];
   testDepends = [ filepath tasty tastyGolden ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     description = "A command line program for extracting compiler arguments from a cabal file";
     license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;