diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index 6b5c2ba42f8d..4486636a9f50 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # subset of the platform description.
     "--program-prefix=${targetPrefix}"
 
+    "--disable-werror"
     "--enable-targets=all" "--enable-64-bit-bfd"
     "--disable-install-libbfd"
     "--disable-shared" "--enable-static"