diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh
index 381dd571111..9ed1455d232 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/ghc-get-packages.sh
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ for p in $PATH; do
     test -f $i && echo -n " $prefix$i"
   done
 done
+test -f "$2/../lib/ghc-$version/package.conf" && echo -n " $prefix$2/../lib/ghc-$version/package.conf"