diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 04083a742e31..9d925461bc7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -904,4 +904,7 @@ self: super: {
     postUnpack = "rm */Setup.lhs";
   });
 
+  # We cannot build this package w/o the C library from <http://www.phash.org/>.
+  phash = markBroken super.phash;
+
 }