diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 6375059ddef7..c632a27869be 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -1603,6 +1603,8 @@ let
 
         tramp-hdfs = ignoreCompilationError super.tramp-hdfs; # elisp error
 
+        twtxt = ignoreCompilationError super.twtxt; # needs to read ~/twtxt.txt
+
         universal-emotions-emoticons = ignoreCompilationError super.universal-emotions-emoticons; # elisp error
 
         use-package-el-get = addPackageRequires super.use-package-el-get [ self.el-get ];