diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zookeeper_mt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zookeeper_mt/default.nix
index 4f69c1c8079..e016bf95339 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zookeeper_mt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zookeeper_mt/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   setSourceRoot = "export sourceRoot=${zookeeper.name}/src/c";
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=format-overflow" ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=format-overflow" "-Wno-error=stringop-truncation" ];
 
   buildInputs = [ zookeeper bash ];