diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index 337c8d41e10f..336d1253f411 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
   cabal2nix = callPackage ../development/tools/haskell/cabal2nix {};
 
   # Build a cabal package given a local .cabal file
-  buildLocalCabalWithArgs = { src, name, args ? {} }: let
+  buildLocalCabalWithArgs = { src, name, args ? {}, cabalDrvArgs ? { jailbreak = true; } }: let
     cabalExpr = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       name = "${name}.nix";
 
@@ -3096,16 +3096,17 @@ let result = let callPackage = x : y : modifyPrio (newScope result.finalReturn x
       ${self.cabal2nix}/bin/cabal2nix ${src + "/${name}.cabal"} --sha256=FILTERME \
           | grep -v FILTERME | sed \
             -e 's/licenses.proprietary/licenses.unfree/' \
-            -e 's/{ cabal/{ cabal, cabalInstall, src/' \
+            -e 's/{ cabal/{ cabal, cabalInstall, cabalDrvArgs ? {}, src/' \
+            -e 's/cabal.mkDerivation (self: {/cabal.mkDerivation (self: cabalDrvArgs \/\/ {/' \
             -e 's/buildDepends = \[/buildDepends = \[ cabalInstall/' \
-            -e 's/pname = \([^\n]*\)/pname = \1\n  inherit src;\n  jailbreak = true;/'  > $out
+            -e 's/pname = \([^\n]*\)/pname = \1\n  inherit src;\n/'  > $out
       '';
 
     } // pkgs.lib.optionalAttrs pkgs.stdenv.isLinux {
       LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
       LOCALE_ARCHIVE = "${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive";
     });
-  in callPackage cabalExpr ({ inherit src; } // args);
+  in callPackage cabalExpr ({ inherit src cabalDrvArgs; } // args);
 
   buildLocalCabal = src: name: self.buildLocalCabalWithArgs { inherit src name; };