diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index dfc7efe811b..8474cab667c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ let
 
   hasActiveLibrary = isLibrary && (enableStaticLibraries || enableSharedLibraries || enableLibraryProfiling);
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = versionOlder "7.8" ghc.version && !hasActiveLibrary;
+  enableParallelBuilding = versionOlder "7.10" ghc.version || (versionOlder "7.8" ghc.version && !hasActiveLibrary);
 
   defaultConfigureFlags = [
     "--verbose" "--prefix=$out" "--libdir=\\$prefix/lib/\\$compiler" "--libsubdir=\\$pkgid"