diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
index e04ddf28e8f4..465bf1af802a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-7.10.x.nix
@@ -294,4 +294,13 @@ self: super: {
     prePatch = "sed -i 's|4\.8|4.9|' diagrams-lib.cabal";
     patches = [ ./diagrams-lib-flexible-contexts.patch ];
   });
+
+  timezone-series = doJailbreak super.timezone-series;
+  timezone-olson = doJailbreak super.timezone-olson;
+  libmpd = dontCheck super.libmpd;
+  xmonad-extras = overrideCabal super.xmonad-extras (drv: {
+    postPatch = ''
+      sed -i -e "s,<\*,<¤,g" XMonad/Actions/Volume.hs
+    '';
+  });
 }