diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 4f93b2f857c7..e618059a7d44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1071,4 +1071,7 @@ self: super: {
   # Test suite occasionally runs for 1+ days on Hydra.
   distributed-process-tests = dontCheck super.distributed-process-tests;
 
+  # https://github.com/mulby/diff-parse/issues/9
+  diff-parse = doJailbreak super.diff-parse;
+
 }