diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix
index 14ea73c2384..11640f2393d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.1.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ bison glibc bash makeWrapper ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=cpp";
+
   # I'm not sure what go wants from its 'src', but the go installation manual
   # describes an installation keeping the src.
   preUnpack = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
index d5ca3bf812e..8e6f6d3f51e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.2.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ bison glibc bash makeWrapper ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=cpp";
+
   # I'm not sure what go wants from its 'src', but the go installation manual
   # describes an installation keeping the src.
   preUnpack = ''