diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/czmq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/czmq/default.nix
index 5e2081e750d7..a28b0dd0a632 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/czmq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/czmq/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Needs to be propagated for the .pc file to work
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ zeromq ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = "http://czmq.zeromq.org/";
     description = "High-level C Binding for ZeroMQ";