diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
index 1dee12ca12c..5d7b8d65b6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ mkDerivation (rec {
   };
   isLibrary = true;
   isExecutable = true;
-  jailbreak = true;
+  jailbreak = false; # manually jailbreak, until postPatch in mkDerivation is fixed
   doHaddock = false;
   doCheck = false;
   buildDepends = [
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ mkDerivation (rec {
   ];
   patches = [ ./ghcjs.patch ];
   postPatch = ''
+    echo "Run jailbreak-cabal to lift version restrictions on build inputs."
+    ${jailbreak-cabal}/bin/jailbreak-cabal ${pname}.cabal
+
     substituteInPlace Setup.hs \
       --replace "/usr/bin/env" "${coreutils}/bin/env"
 
@@ -119,5 +122,4 @@ mkDerivation (rec {
   license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
   platforms = ghc.meta.platforms;
   maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ jwiegley cstrahan ];
-  broken = true; # depends on outdated versions of its Haskell build inputs
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs.nix
index 6f68dec78e4..ca940e8de31 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghcjs.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ self: super: {
   # These packages are core libraries in GHC 7.10.x, but not here.
   bin-package-db = null;
   haskeline = self.haskeline_0_7_2_1;
-  hoopl = self.hoopl_3_10_2_0;
+  hoopl = self.hoopl_3_10_2_1;
   hpc = self.hpc_0_6_0_2;
   terminfo = self.terminfo_0_4_0_1;
   xhtml = self.xhtml_3000_2_1;