diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
index ef154982ad0..1b81dbcf9ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/generic.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
     find $out/share/emacs -type f -name '*.el' -print0 \
       | xargs -0 -n 1 -I {} -P $NIX_BUILD_CORES sh -c \
-          "emacs --batch -f batch-native-compile {} || true"
+          "emacs --batch --eval '(setq large-file-warning-threshold nil)' -f batch-native-compile {} || true"
   '';
 }