diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm
index b2d352050f..1d673c606a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell-check.scm
@@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ (define-public ghc-test-framework-hunit
         (base32
          "1y0b6vg8nfm43v90lxxcydhi6qlxhfy4vpxbzm5ic2w55bh8xjwm"))))
     (build-system haskell-build-system)
+    ;; The official revision of the cabal file allows for HUnit lower than 1.7
+    (arguments
+     `(#:configure-flags (list "--allow-newer=HUnit")))
     (inputs
      `(("ghc-extensible-exceptions" ,ghc-extensible-exceptions)
        ("ghc-hunit" ,ghc-hunit)