diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/chaps/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/chaps/default.nix
index 3c6f52a4c7f..4fbb0b5d948 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/chaps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/chaps/default.nix
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0chk6pnn365d5kcz6vfqx1d0383ksk97icc0lzg0vvb0kvyj0ff1";
   };
 
-  # readdir_r(3) is deprecated in glibc >= 2.24
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [
+    # readdir_r(3) is deprecated in glibc >= 2.24
+    "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+    # gcc8 catching polymorphic type error
+    "-Wno-error=catch-value"
+  ];
 
   patches = [ ./fix_absolute_path.patch  ./fix_environment_variables.patch  ./fix_scons.patch  ./insert_prefetches.patch ];