diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
index 1b33954662db..a0dd2a305f89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/generic-builder.nix
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ let
   buildFlagsString = optionalString (buildFlags != []) (" " + concatStringsSep " " buildFlags);
 
   defaultConfigureFlags = [
-    "--verbose" "--prefix=$out" "--libdir=\\$prefix/lib/\\$compiler" "--libsubdir=\\$pkgid"
+    "--verbose" "--prefix=$out" "--libdir=\\$prefix/lib/\\$compiler" "--libsubdir=\\$abi/\\$libname"
     (optionalString enableSeparateDataOutput "--datadir=$data/share/${ghc.name}")
     (optionalString enableSeparateDocOutput "--docdir=${docdir "$doc"}")
     "--with-gcc=$CC" # Clang won't work without that extra information.