diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
index 2f110749277..067179974b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "vim_cv_toupper_broken=no"
     "--with-tlib=ncurses"
     "vim_cv_terminfo=yes"
+    "vim_cv_tgetent=zero" # it does on native anyway
     "vim_cv_tty_group=tty"
     "vim_cv_tty_mode=0660"
     "vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no"