diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix
index f74aea9dbd5..315608bf2b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic-v3.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=misleading-indentation";
+
   meta = {
     description = "Google's data interchange format";
     longDescription =