diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix
index c70ec74ee763..cbeee76c172d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/consult-gh/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ melpaBuild {
 
   propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gh ];
 
+  ignoreCompilationError = false;
+
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
 
   meta = {