diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/jo/jove/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/jo/jove/package.nix
index c433f0cd5e27..db4eb350f688 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/jo/jove/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/jo/jove/package.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   preBuild = ''
     makeFlagsArray+=(SYSDEFS="-DSYSVR4 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500" \
+      OPTFLAGS="-O -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types" \
       JTMPDIR=$TMPDIR
       TERMCAPLIB=-lncurses \
       SHELL=${runtimeShell} \