diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 90030c0c8d1a4..4b2e526f6dc27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -1327,4 +1327,8 @@ self: super: {
   haskell-lsp_0_18_0_0 = super.haskell-lsp_0_18_0_0.override { haskell-lsp-types = self.haskell-lsp-types_0_18_0_0; };
   lsp-test_0_8_2_0 = (dontCheck super.lsp-test_0_8_2_0).override { haskell-lsp = self.haskell-lsp_0_18_0_0; };
 
+  # 2019-12-19 - glirc wants regex-tdfa >=1.3 which results in errors with regex-base which errors more
+  # hoping to make a proper derivation with plugins enabled and more reliable building -- kiwi
+  glirc = doJailbreak super.glirc;
+
 } // import ./configuration-tensorflow.nix {inherit pkgs haskellLib;} self super
diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
index 4fcf5e785cc69..9e9e622f7fa58 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-hackage2nix.yaml
@@ -2575,6 +2575,8 @@ package-maintainers:
     - elm-export-persistent
     - pipes-mongodb
     - streaming-wai
+  kiwi:
+    - glirc
   psibi:
     - path-pieces
     - persistent
@@ -5080,7 +5082,6 @@ broken-packages:
   - gli
   - glicko
   - glider-nlp
-  - glirc
   - GLMatrix
   - glob-posix
   - global
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d71a039199cbb..c02845e3d80ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11621,6 +11621,8 @@ in
 
   glib-networking = callPackage ../development/libraries/glib-networking {};
 
+  glirc = haskell.lib.justStaticExecutables haskellPackages.glirc;
+
   gom = callPackage ../development/libraries/gom { };
 
   ace = callPackage ../development/libraries/ace { };