diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gnome-screensaver/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gnome-screensaver/default.nix
index b1e9cde906cf..4a530e54de71 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gnome-screensaver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/misc/gnome-screensaver/default.nix
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     systemd
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=return-type" ];
+
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-locking" "--with-systemd=yes" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;