diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ideviceinstaller/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ideviceinstaller/default.nix
index c140b9ba1a81..84f1d440c586 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ideviceinstaller/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ideviceinstaller/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libzip
   ];
 
+  # the package uses zip_get_num_entries, which is deprecated
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
+    "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+  ];
+
   preAutoreconf = ''
     export RELEASE_VERSION=${version}
   '';