diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/remctl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/remctl/package.nix
index 0a37c90899b4..b9e8c7f6a949 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/remctl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/remctl/package.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs tests
     sed -i '\,server/acl/localgroup,d' tests/TESTS
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac --replace "-Werror" ""
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [