diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
index 87d9ab65c..4838759ce 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/+intero.el
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This is necessary because `intero-mode' doesn't do its own error checks."
         (message "Couldn't find stack. Refusing to enable intero-mode."))))
   (add-hook 'haskell-mode-hook #'+haskell|init-intero)
   :config
+  (setq haskell-compile-cabal-build-command "stack build --fast")
   (set-lookup-handlers! 'intero-mode :definition #'intero-goto-definition)
   (when (featurep! :feature syntax-checker)
     (flycheck-add-next-checker 'intero '(warning . haskell-hlint))))
diff --git a/modules/lang/haskell/config.el b/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
index 9044a466a..7cde919c7 100644
--- a/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/haskell/config.el
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 (after! haskell-mode
   (map! :map haskell-mode-map
         :localleader
+        ;; this is set to use cabal for dante users and stack for intero users:
+        :n "b" #'haskell-process-cabal-build
+        :n "c" #'haskell-cabal-visit-file
         :n "p" #'hindent-reformat-buffer
         :v "p" #'hindent-reformat-region))
 
@@ -29,8 +32,6 @@
 (after! dante-mode
   (map! :map dante-mode-map
         :localleader
-        :n "b" #'haskell-process-cabal-build
-        :n "c" #'haskell-cabal-visit-file
         :n "t" #'dante-type-at
         :n "i" #'dante-info
         :n "l" #'haskell-process-load-or-reload