diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/sipe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/sipe/default.nix
index 5b3e09440a63..6180f531f47f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/sipe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/sipe/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ pidgin gmime libxml2 nss ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  # glib-2.62 deprecations
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-DGLIB_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS" ];
+
   postInstall = "find $out -ls; ln -s \$out/lib/purple-2 \$out/share/pidgin-sipe";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {