diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ga/gatling/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ga/gatling/package.nix
index 6bcb3eb735a5..ad5e17bf7a0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ga/gatling/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ga/gatling/package.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     make gatling
   '';
 
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types" ];
+
   meta = {
     description = "High performance web server";
     homepage = "http://www.fefe.de/gatling/";