diff --git a/guix/build/download.scm b/guix/build/download.scm
index 9d90971f280410a4b44b3acd197ada1155fa4166..c09351cee42fb6fedf1ff837152198b6a9b9c513 100644
--- a/guix/build/download.scm
+++ b/guix/build/download.scm
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ (define addresses
                 'set-port-encoding!
                 (lambda (p e) #f))
 
+;; XXX: Work around <http://bugs.gnu.org/13095>, present in Guile
+;; up to 2.0.7.
+(module-define! (resolve-module '(web client))
+                'shutdown (const #f))
+
 (define (http-fetch uri file)
   "Fetch data from URI and write it to FILE.  Return FILE on success."