diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 1684b02d888..3c367b7d30d 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@
   pmiddend = "Philipp Middendorf <pmidden@secure.mailbox.org>";
   prikhi = "Pavan Rikhi <pavan.rikhi@gmail.com>";
   profpatsch = "Profpatsch <mail@profpatsch.de>";
+  proglodyte = "Proglodyte <proglodyte23@gmail.com>";
   pshendry = "Paul Hendry <paul@pshendry.com>";
   psibi = "Sibi <sibi@psibi.in>";
   pSub = "Pascal Wittmann <mail@pascal-wittmann.de>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/4.5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/4.5.nix
index 065b656147d..655ccf1ccf3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/4.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/4.5.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's,#!/usr/bin/env python,#!${python}/bin/python,' build/gyp_v8
     sed -i 's,/bin/echo,${coreutils}/bin/echo,' build/standalone.gypi
     sed -i '/CR_CLANG_REVISION/ d' build/standalone.gypi
+    sed -i 's/-Wno-format-pedantic//g' build/standalone.gypi
   '';
 
   configurePhase = ''
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
   buildInputs = [ readline python icu patchelf ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=strict-overflow";
+
   buildFlags = [
     "LINK=g++"
     "-C out"
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Google's open source JavaScript engine";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan proglodyte ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };