diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-get.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-get.nix
index db6feecea42..d01a3226d29 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-get.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/elm-get.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
     aeson aesonPretty ansiWlPprint binary Elm filepath HTTP httpClient
     httpClientTls httpTypes mtl network optparseApplicative vector
   ];
+  jailbreak = true;
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/elm-lang/elm-get";
     description = "Tool for sharing and using Elm libraries";