diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
index 273de9cca3da..2f42ef165d6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # prefer pkg-config over hardcoded framework paths
   USE_OSX_FRAMEWORKS = 0;
   # work around python distutils compiling C++ with $CC (see issue #26709)
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-I${lib.getDev libcxx}/include/c++/v1";
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString (
+    lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isGNU [
+      "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      "-I${lib.getDev libcxx}/include/c++/v1"
+    ]
+  );
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     substituteInPlace kivy/lib/mtdev.py \