diff --git a/overlays/package.nix b/overlays/package.nix
index 85cd1aff5..5e302bfdc 100644
--- a/overlays/package.nix
+++ b/overlays/package.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,26 @@ self: super:
             generated = ../repos/elpa/elpa-devel-generated.nix;
           };
 
-          elpaPackages = esuper.elpaPackages.override {
+          elpaPackages = (esuper.elpaPackages.override {
             generated = ../repos/elpa/elpa-generated.nix;
+          }) // {
+            # Tramp 2.8.0.4 has a broken tarball
+            tramp =
+              if esuper.elpaPackages.tramp.version != "2.8.0.4" then esuper.elpaPackages.tramp
+              else esuper.elpaPackages.tramp.overrideAttrs {
+                version = "2.8.0.3";
+                src = self.fetchurl {
+                  name = "tramp-2.8.0.3.tar";
+                  url = "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/tramp-2.8.0.3.tar.lz";
+                  downloadToTemp = true;
+                  postFetch = ''
+                    cp $downloadedFile tramp-2.8.0.3.tar.lz
+                    ${self.lib.getExe self.lzip} -d tramp-2.8.0.3.tar.lz
+                    mv tramp-2.8.0.3.tar $out
+                  '';
+                  hash = "sha256-o+heQw47btZhhM+5GtvzUZlqcNaoW3966fZyj8m6X+M=";
+                };
+              };
           };
 
           nongnuDevelPackages = esuper.nongnuDevelPackages.override {