diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix
index 1ef624f2a41e..d5766b8d19e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ftp/vsftpd/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto -lpam -lcap";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=enum-conversion";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;