diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/nsjail/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/nsjail/default.nix
index a92aa5f21041..23b938a83f9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/nsjail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/nsjail/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libnl protobuf protobufc ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-Wno-error" ];
+
   preBuild = ''
     makeFlagsArray+=(USER_DEFINES='-DNEWUIDMAP_PATH=${shadow}/bin/newuidmap -DNEWGIDMAP_PATH=${shadow}/bin/newgidmap')
   '';