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 36fe13151f3c..2c4612daac34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.10.x.nix
@@ -87,4 +87,8 @@ self: super: {
   # Break out of "Cabal < 3.2" constraint.
   stylish-haskell = doJailbreak super.stylish-haskell;
 
+  # hackage-db 2.1.1 is incompatible with Cabal < 3.4
+  # See https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/issues/501
+  hackage-db = super.hackage-db_2_1_0;
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
index 99b53b9f14f3..42fa603d3313 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.6.x.nix
@@ -106,4 +106,8 @@ self: super: {
   # https://github.com/haskellari/time-compat/issues/23
   time-compat = dontCheck super.time-compat;
 
+  # hackage-db 2.1.1 is incompatible with Cabal < 3.4
+  # See https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/issues/501
+  hackage-db = super.hackage-db_2_1_0;
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
index aab26897cca4..7908066ebb59 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-ghc-8.8.x.nix
@@ -135,4 +135,8 @@ self: super: {
 
   # vector 0.12.2 indroduced doctest checks that don‘t work on older compilers
   vector = dontCheck super.vector;
+
+  # hackage-db 2.1.1 is incompatible with Cabal < 3.4
+  # See https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/issues/501
+  hackage-db = super.hackage-db_2_1_0;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
index 02739f83c4ea..3dc1a40c9de9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix/main.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ extra-packages:
   - gi-gtk < 4.0                        # 2021-05-07: For haskell-gi 0.25 without gtk4
   - gi-gdkx11 == 3.0.11                 # 2021-05-07: For haskell-gi 0.25 without gtk4
   - ShellCheck == 0.7.1                 # 2021-05-09: haskell-ci 0.12.1 pins this version
+  - hackage-db < 2.1.1                  # 2021-06-10: Need older hackage-db as long as Cabal < 3.4, see https://github.com/NixOS/cabal2nix/issues/501
 
 package-maintainers:
   abbradar:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
index 44069b6a40c8..2bf76a6f2e0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/hackage-packages.nix
@@ -114128,6 +114128,28 @@ self: {
        broken = true;
      }) {};
 
+  "hackage-db_2_1_0" = callPackage
+    ({ mkDerivation, aeson, base, bytestring, Cabal, containers
+     , directory, exceptions, filepath, tar, time, utf8-string
+     }:
+     mkDerivation {
+       pname = "hackage-db";
+       version = "2.1.0";
+       sha256 = "1vsc0lrbrb525frycqq0c5z846whymgcjl888gnlqd16nknbsn3l";
+       revision = "1";
+       editedCabalFile = "1h3x5a8xmqkkcd3h1m7z0il1vbsh2c77685y68zmyp21zb1y88hy";
+       isLibrary = true;
+       isExecutable = true;
+       libraryHaskellDepends = [
+         aeson base bytestring Cabal containers directory exceptions
+         filepath tar time utf8-string
+       ];
+       description = "Access cabal-install's Hackage database via Data.Map";
+       license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+       hydraPlatforms = lib.platforms.none;
+       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ peti ];
+     }) {};
+
   "hackage-db" = callPackage
     ({ mkDerivation, aeson, base, bytestring, Cabal, containers
      , directory, exceptions, filepath, tar, time, utf8-string