diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
index 020c2dce95d8..cd098ae825c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/agg/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--x-libraries=${lib.getLib libX11}/lib"
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-fpermissive" ];
+
   # libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -g -O2 libexamples.la ../src/platform/X11/libaggplatformX11.la ../src/libagg.la -o alpha_mask2 alpha_mask2.o
   # libtool: error: cannot find the library 'libexamples.la'
   enableParallelBuilding = false;