diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
index aa029ede9530..2e2bdb11d501 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configurePhase = ''
     HAVE_GCOV_FALSE="#" ./configure $configureFlags --prefix=$out
   '';
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"; # since glib-2.46
 }