diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dee/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dee/default.nix
index 25cf88253e6..4a2199f450e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dee/default.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-pygi-overrides-dir=${placeholder "py"}/${python3.sitePackages}/gi/overrides"
   ];
 
+  # Compilation fails after a change in glib where
+  # g_string_free now returns a value
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=unused-result";
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {