diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
index b032b587b798..2235d34ce045 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/build-support/generic.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ libBuildHelper.extendMkDerivation' stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs:
 , postInstall ? ""
 , meta ? {}
 , turnCompilationWarningToError ? false
-, ignoreCompilationError ? true
+, ignoreCompilationError ? false
 , ...
 }@args: