diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index c87692ba1c02..f5a9ff7c0c09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2684,6 +2684,7 @@ extra-packages:
   - haddock < 2.17                      # required on GHC 7.10.x
   - haddock-api == 2.15.*               # required on GHC 7.8.x
   - haddock-api == 2.16.*               # required on GHC 7.10.x
+  - haddock-api == 2.17.*               # required on GHC 8.0.x
   - haddock-library == 1.2.*            # required for haddock-api-2.16.x
   - haddock-library == 1.4.4            # required for haddock-api-2.18.x
   - happy <1.19.6                       # newer versions break Agda