diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/dr/driftnet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/dr/driftnet/package.nix
index 7c7fdb19d060..cc9e0a3fc5c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/dr/driftnet/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/dr/driftnet/package.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     openssl
   ];
 
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=int-conversion";
+
   meta = {
     description = "Watches network traffic, and picks out and displays JPEG and GIF images for display";
     homepage = "https://github.com/deiv/driftnet";