diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index 74b0882f4cbdf7..30a9420b2bbf9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ self: super: {
     '';
   });
   hledger-web = overrideCabal super.hledger-web (drv: {
+    preCheck = "export HOME=$TMPDIR";
     postInstall = ''
       for i in $(seq 1 9); do
         for j in *.$i; do