diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index 5f63ef92..b41203e3 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ packages:
         - hopenpgp-tools < 0 # hOpenPGP & ixset-typed
         - opensource
         - debian
-        - cabal-debian
+        - cabal-debian < 0 # build failure https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stackage/pull/5192#issuecomment-588263681
 
     "Piyush P Kurur <ppk@cse.iitk.ac.in> @piyush-kurur":
         - raaz < 0 # via base-4.13.0.0