diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
index 0796e7997d50..65e8b6f46dfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit mpiSupport mpi;
   };
 
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =
+    # Suppress incompatible function pointer errors when building with newer versions of clang 16.
+    # tracked upstream here: https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/2715
+    lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang "-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types";
+
   configureFlags = [
       "--enable-netcdf-4"
       "--enable-dap"