diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 7b1660fd73f..3f7f32d8554 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1759,4 +1759,8 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/obsidiansystems/haveibeenpwned/issues/7
   haveibeenpwned = doJailbreak super.haveibeenpwned;
 
+  # Too strict version bounds on ghc-events
+  # https://github.com/haskell/ThreadScope/issues/118
+  threadscope = doJailbreak super.threadscope;
+
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super