diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 97ece05b508b..7c3e26c96528 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -2186,6 +2186,22 @@ self: super: {
   gi-gtk-declarative = doJailbreak super.gi-gtk-declarative;
   gi-gtk-declarative-app-simple = doJailbreak super.gi-gtk-declarative-app-simple;
 
+  # Missing dependency on gi-cairo
+  # https://github.com/haskell-gi/haskell-gi/pull/420
+  gi-vte =
+    overrideCabal
+      (oldAttrs: {
+        # This is implemented as a sed expression instead of pulling a patch
+        # from upstream because the gi-vte repo doesn't actually contain a
+        # gi-vte.cabal file.  The gi-vte.cabal file is generated from metadata
+        # in the repo.
+        postPatch = (oldAttrs.postPatch or "") + ''
+          sed -i 's/\(gi-gtk == .*\),/\1, gi-cairo == 1.0.*,/' ./gi-vte.cabal
+        '';
+        buildDepends = (oldAttrs.buildDepends or []) ++ [self.gi-cairo];
+      })
+      super.gi-vte;
+
   # 2023-04-09: haskell-ci needs Cabal-syntax 3.10
   # 2023-07-03: allow lattices-2.2, waiting on https://github.com/haskell-CI/haskell-ci/pull/664
   haskell-ci = doJailbreak (super.haskell-ci.overrideScope (self: super: {