diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
index e6a5737530b..8546c5b0a3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsboat/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
   checkTarget = "test";
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=sign-compare";
+
   postInstall = ''
     cp -r contrib $out
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''