diff --git a/srcpkgs/mimic/template b/srcpkgs/mimic/template
index ed11690e5bd..7cbdfad0ff2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mimic/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mimic/template
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ changelog="https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic1/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/MycroftAI/mimic/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=9041f5c7d3720899c90c890ada179c92c3b542b90bb655c247e4a4835df79249
 
+export CFLAGS="-Wno-error=free-nonheap-object"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
 }