diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/soundscape-renderer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/soundscape-renderer/default.nix
index 44c3bd70d3dc..b38c629fa824 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/soundscape-renderer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/soundscape-renderer/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Without it doesn't find all of the boost libraries.
   BOOST_LIB_DIR="${boost}/lib";
+  # uses the deprecated get_generic_category() in boost_system
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-DBOOST_SYSTEM_ENABLE_DEPRECATED=1";
 
   LC_ALL = "en_US.UTF-8";