diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
index 4bfdfa154..d3de10f18 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ Notes:
   It does not do this; we assume that if you are using a `D` directive
   you prefer not to see the commodity symbol repeated on amounts in the journal.
 - `add` creates entries in journal format; it won't work with timeclock or timedot files.
+- There is a known issue on Windows if this hledger version is built from stackage: the prompts will show ANSI junk instead of colours (#2410).
+  You can avoid this by using official hledger release binaries or by building it with haskeline >=0.8.4;
+  or by running `add` with `--color=no`, perhaps configured in your config file.
 
 Examples:
 
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index 84fc82dd5..077c21a22 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ library
     , filepath
     , githash >=0.1.6.2
     , hashable >=1.2.4
-    , haskeline >=0.8.4.0
+    , haskeline >=0.6
     , hledger-lib >=1.51.99 && <1.52
     , http-client
     , http-types
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ executable hledger
     , extra >=1.7.11
     , filepath
     , githash >=0.1.6.2
-    , haskeline >=0.8.4.0
+    , haskeline >=0.6
     , hledger
     , hledger-lib >=1.51.99 && <1.52
     , http-client
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ test-suite unittest
     , extra >=1.7.11
     , filepath
     , githash >=0.1.6.2
-    , haskeline >=0.8.4.0
+    , haskeline >=0.6
     , hledger
     , hledger-lib >=1.51.99 && <1.52
     , http-client
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ benchmark bench
     , extra >=1.7.11
     , filepath
     , githash >=0.1.6.2
-    , haskeline >=0.8.4.0
+    , haskeline >=0.6
     , hledger
     , hledger-lib >=1.51.99 && <1.52
     , html
diff --git a/hledger/package.yaml b/hledger/package.yaml
index 8e1f00d6d..5890feef7 100644
--- a/hledger/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger/package.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ dependencies:
 - extra >=1.7.11
 - filepath
 - githash >=0.1.6.2
-- haskeline >=0.8.4.0
+# haskeline 0.8.4.0 fixes https://github.com/haskell/haskeline/issues/130 and https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/2410,
+# but isn't yet shipped with GHC. Dev and release builds can require it,
+# but for hledger in stackage we must allow older haskeline and live with #2410 for now.
+- haskeline >=0.6
 - http-client
 - http-types
 - megaparsec >=7.0.0 && <9.8