diff --git a/pkgs/games/openlierox/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openlierox/default.nix
index 6aaadf077fd9..2b3e065e6b63 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openlierox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openlierox/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1k35xppfqi3qfysv81xq3hj4qdy9j2ciinbkfdcmwclcsf3nh94z";
   };
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${libxml2.dev}/include/libxml2";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${libxml2.dev}/include/libxml2 -std=c++98 -Wno-error";
 
   # The breakpad fails to build on x86_64, and it's only to report bugs upstream
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DBREAKPAD=0" ];