diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 3f448aa9c6c..51287f14979 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -861,4 +861,6 @@ self: super: {
   fgl = doJailbreak super.fgl;
   fgl-arbitrary = doJailbreak super.fgl-arbitrary;
 
+  # https://github.com/Gabriel439/Haskell-DirStream-Library/issues/8
+  dirstream = doJailbreak super.dirstream;
 }