diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 116fdafef384..b2647ea9e036 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -447,6 +447,26 @@ self: super: {
 
   # Depends on itself for testing
   tasty-discover = overrideCabal (drv: {
+    # Compatibility with tasty-hspec >= 1.1.7 requires a patch and a dependency on hspec
+    patches = drv.patches or [] ++ [
+      # Intermediate patch so fix applies
+      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/haskell-works/tasty-discover/commit/67b022f5945abdfb71ca31fca7910abc7effe043.patch";
+        sha256 = "1x539qa2871fiahw9zjxyyqz86v4ib7k7fv9hdvvxcrrfw3zwl66";
+      })
+      # Actual fix
+      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+        name = "tasty-hspec-1.1.7-compat.patch";
+        url = "https://github.com/haskell-works/tasty-discover/commit/98d3c464f33129e38fa9c0fcdfb1847dfb0490b9.patch";
+        sha256 = "01a8ni3lyh1wql7aghl41nd2c9m6gcn1i77bh3pygh6r403x771p";
+      })
+    ];
+    testHaskellDepends = drv.testHaskellDepends or [] ++ [
+      self.hspec
+    ];
+    # https://github.com/haskell-works/tasty-discover/issues/17
+    jailbreak = true; # allow tasty-hspec >= 1.2
+
     preBuild = ''
       export PATH="$PWD/dist/build/tasty-discover:$PATH"
     '' + (drv.preBuild or "");