diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index ce9f3c09089e..b0b93e2d5300 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1013,4 +1013,7 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/GaloisInc/DSA/issues/1
   DSA = dontCheck super.DSA;
 
+  # https://github.com/bos/bloomfilter/issues/7
+  bloomfilter = appendPatch super.bloomfilter ./patches/bloomfilter-fix-on-32bit.patch;
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/bloomfilter-fix-on-32bit.patch b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/bloomfilter-fix-on-32bit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b32dcb4ab6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/patches/bloomfilter-fix-on-32bit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 35d972b3dc5056110d55315f2256d9c5046299c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
+Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 17:58:36 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Fix maximum sizing calculation."
+
+This reverts commit 44b01ba38b4fcdb5a85f44fa2f3af1f29cde8f40. The change breaks
+this package on 32 bit platforms. See https://github.com/bos/bloomfilter/issues/7
+for further details.
+---
+ Data/BloomFilter/Easy.hs | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Data/BloomFilter/Easy.hs b/Data/BloomFilter/Easy.hs
+index 5143c6e..a349168 100644
+--- a/Data/BloomFilter/Easy.hs
++++ b/Data/BloomFilter/Easy.hs
+@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ safeSuggestSizing capacity errRate
+             minimum [((-k) * cap / log (1 - (errRate ** (1 / k))), k)
+                      | k <- [1..100]]
+         roundedBits = nextPowerOfTwo (ceiling bits)
+-    in if roundedBits <= 0 || roundedBits > 0xffffffff
++    in if roundedBits <= 0
+        then Left  "capacity too large to represent"
+        else Right (roundedBits, truncate hashes)
+ 
+-- 
+2.5.1
+