diff --git a/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
index 5e4edd0b0322..72b12d5aad5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningEnable = [ "pie" ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-Wno-error";
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A distributed memory object caching system";
     repositories.git = https://github.com/memcached/memcached.git;