diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index eea7e1758162..2c16b37bba88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ self: super: {
 
   # Need newer versions of their dependencies than the ones we have in LTS-11.x.
   cabal2nix = super.cabal2nix.overrideScope (self: super: { hpack = self.hpack_0_28_2; hackage-db = self.hackage-db_2_0_1; });
+  dbus-hslogger = super.dbus-hslogger.overrideScope (self: super: { dbus = self.dbus_1_0_1; });
+  status-notifier-item = super.status-notifier-item.overrideScope (self: super: { dbus = self.dbus_1_0_1; });
 
   # https://github.com/bos/configurator/issues/22
   configurator = dontCheck super.configurator;