diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb
index b20e8049c2..19c92a5236 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat.rb
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ require "compat/download_strategy"
 require "compat/keg"
 require "compat/pathname"
 require "compat/dependency_collector"
+require "compat/language/haskell"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/compat/language/haskell.rb b/Library/Homebrew/compat/language/haskell.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d1b3772e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/compat/language/haskell.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Language
+  module Haskell
+    module Cabal
+      def cabal_clean_lib
+        # avoid installing any Haskell libraries, as a matter of policy
+        rm_rf lib
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end