diff --git a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
index 0293ca6739ab..04d1050600e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/terminal-emulators/foot/default.nix
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "-Dcustom-terminfo-install-location=${terminfoDir}"
     # Install systemd user units for foot-server
     "-Dsystemd-units-dir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user"
+    # Especially -Wunused-command-line-argument is a problem with clang
+    "-Dwerror=false"
   ];
 
   # build and run binary generating PGO profiles,