diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
index a03f0a6fe46..f99e790de94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-defaults.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
       deepseq = self.deepseq_1_1_0_2;
       # deviating from Haskell platform here, to make some packages (notably statistics) compile
       jailbreakCabal = self.jailbreakCabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_14_0; };
+      cabal2nix = self.cabal2nix.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_14_0; hackageDb = self.hackageDb.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_16_0_3; }; };
     };
 
   ghc6121Prefs =
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
       deepseq = self.deepseq_1_1_0_2;
       monadPar = self.monadPar_0_1_0_3;
       jailbreakCabal = self.jailbreakCabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_14_0; };
+      cabal2nix = self.cabal2nix.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_14_0; hackageDb = self.hackageDb.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_16_0_3; }; };
       # deviating from Haskell platform here, to make some packages (notably statistics) compile
     };
 
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@
       deepseq = self.deepseq_1_1_0_2;
       monadPar = self.monadPar_0_1_0_3;
       jailbreakCabal = self.jailbreakCabal.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_14_0; };
+      cabal2nix = self.cabal2nix.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_14_0; hackageDb = self.hackageDb.override { Cabal = self.Cabal_1_16_0_3; }; };
       # deviating from Haskell platform here, to make some packages (notably statistics) compile
     };