diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
index cf1624b3fb49..1b24a68bf4d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
@@ -101,4 +101,12 @@ self: super: {
 
   # Only 0.8 is compatible with ghc 8.10 https://hackage.haskell.org/package/apply-refact/changelog
   apply-refact = super.apply-refact_0_8_0_0;
+
+  # Apply patch to fix the build.
+  cabal-plan = appendPatch super.cabal-plan (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+    name = "cabal-plan-fix-for-ghc-8.10.x.patch";
+    url = "https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cabal-plan/pull/55.patch";
+    sha256 = "0lhs4vx5qg5ldhnyb9z7k0jmxhmd2f34x4xbwv6vsljs9vr02pd8";
+  });
+
 }