diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnfs/default.nix
index d9149a1fbac5..2955aaebc010 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnfs/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang "-Wno-error=tautological-compare";
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {