diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/lib.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/lib.nix
index 4ce518c4061ad..9b5062479be18 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/diagrams/lib.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     active colour dataDefaultClass diagramsCore fingertree intervals
     monoidExtras newtype NumInstances semigroups vectorSpace
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams";
     description = "Embedded domain-specific language for declarative graphics";