diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix
index 7c40a4e12a6..437de455022 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/bip/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=unused-result" "-Wno-error=duplicate-decl-specifier" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=unused-result" "-Wno-error=duplicate-decl-specifier" "-Wno-error=format-truncation" ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "An IRC proxy (bouncer)";