diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
index 2bb3a9c8d95..a095fd30b12 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ test-suite doctest
     , uglymemo
     , unordered-containers >=0.2
     , utf8-string >=0.3.5
+  if impl(ghc >= 9.0)
+    buildable: False
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
 test-suite unittest
diff --git a/hledger-lib/package.yaml b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
index 51b0c292b7f..34d2a6e4522 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ tests:
     - doctest >=0.18.1
     - Glob >=0.7
 
+    # disable doctest with GHC 9 for now, https://github.com/sol/doctest/issues/301
+    when:
+    - condition: impl(ghc >= 9.0)
+      buildable: false
+
     # ghc 8.4+ on mac needs this workaround. See
     # https://github.com/sol/doctest/issues/199
     # https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15105#comment:10 :