diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libiodbc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libiodbc/package.nix
index 5a699674b787..93c3ac3b9fc5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libiodbc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libiodbc/package.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = lib.optionals useGTK [ gtk2 ];
 
+  # temporary workaround for compile error with GCC 15
+  # https://github.com/openlink/iODBC/issues/113
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-std=gnu17";
+
   preBuild = ''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS_BEFORE="-rpath $out/lib"
   '';