diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
index dbb9ebc8082c884dbc2a0be055147d71d2b79a5b..5c6e07a671506e2952890b85810cd123be058394 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
@@ -8532,6 +8532,8 @@ (define-public ghc-uuid
         (base32
          "09xhk42yhxvqmka0iqrv3338asncz8cap3j0ic0ps896f2581b6z"))))
     (build-system haskell-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags (list "--allow-newer=QuickCheck")))
     (inputs `(("ghc-cryptohash-sha1" ,ghc-cryptohash-sha1)
               ("ghc-cryptohash-md5" ,ghc-cryptohash-md5)
               ("ghc-entropy" ,ghc-entropy)