diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/haste-compiler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/haste-compiler/default.nix
index 13f8c02826e8..c090bc326446 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/haste-compiler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/haste-compiler/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     filepath ghcPaths HTTP monadsTf mtl network networkUri random
     shellmate systemFileio tar transformers utf8String websockets
   ];
+  configureFlags = "-fportable";
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://haste-lang.org/";
     description = "Haskell To ECMAScript compiler";