diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
index 30d5384e018f..dbb3c0ac600b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.4.x.nix
@@ -797,4 +797,10 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/pikajude/stylish-cabal/issues/6
   stylish-cabal = dontHaddock super.stylish-cabal;
 
+  # https://github.com/treeowl/boxes/issues/29
+  boxes = appendPatch super.boxes (pkgs.fetchpatch
+    { url = https://github.com/asr/boxes/commit/f03e16cb8677a9d85687c641fe27a87e6fd94d54.patch;
+      sha256 = "179vkn6jimiy64dwyam04x8v981l3pfrq3ig97600vnkns3v8i6a";
+    });
+
 }