diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix
index a6d70d162c08..308a30dde29b 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/cheese/default.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pipewire # PipeWire provides a gstreamer plugin for using PipeWire for video
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=overlength-strings";
+
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x meson_post_install.py
     patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-maps/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-maps/default.nix
index a0d566c7ef9e..1280c15f2130 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-maps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-maps/default.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     webkitgtk
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=overlength-strings";
+
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x meson_post_install.py # patchShebangs requires executable file
     patchShebangs meson_post_install.py
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-music/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-music/default.nix
index 8d5f5e5f28dd..40f85b8a59c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-music/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/apps/gnome-music/default.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     gst-plugins-ugly
   ]);
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=overlength-strings";
+
   pythonPath = with python3.pkgs; [
     pycairo
     dbus-python
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
index 1ad36f7e96b7..9d7e14898e28 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/gnome-shell/default.nix
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pythonEnv
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=overlength-strings";
+
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dgtk_doc=true"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/totem/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/totem/default.nix
index 44e1319f8d4a..af64e40a6531 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/totem/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome/core/totem/default.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     xvfb-run
   ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=overlength-strings";
+
   mesonFlags = [
     # TODO: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36468
     "-Dc_args=-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0"