diff --git a/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix b/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix
index e1a78750535..6a05ab7f2bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/quake3/game/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   buildInputs = [x11 SDL mesa openal];
 
+  # Fix building on GCC 4.6.
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error";
+
   preInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/baseq3
     installTargets=copyfiles