diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gperftools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gperftools/default.nix
index 2a2710531e0..de71704cff8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gperftools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gperftools/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace libtool --replace stdc++ c++
   '';
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "-D_XOPEN_SOURCE";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    "-D_XOPEN_SOURCE" "-Wno-aligned-allocation-unavailable"
+  ];
 
   # some packages want to link to the static tcmalloc_minimal
   # to drop the runtime dependency on gperftools