diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/clinfo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/clinfo/default.nix
index 5653c70d431..dd6e3d4a84b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/clinfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/clinfo/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ ocl-icd opencl-headers ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=stringop-truncation" ];
+
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {