diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
index de4849e21620..ae3de3494122 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/inkscape/default.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rm "$out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache"
   '';
 
+  # 0.92.3 complains about an invalid conversion from const char * to char *
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = " -fpermissive ";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     license = "GPL";
     homepage = https://www.inkscape.org;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0106586d03a..fe4e0cc91f40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16413,6 +16413,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   inkscape = callPackage ../applications/graphics/inkscape {
     lcms = lcms2;
+    poppler = poppler_0_61;
   };
 
   inspectrum = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/inspectrum { };