diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/generic.nix
index 51637fe6dbd0..349b35549b60 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/v8/generic.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
   buildInputs = [ readline python icu ];
 
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=strict-overflow";
+
   buildFlags = [
     "LINK=g++"
     "-C out"
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "BUILDTYPE=Release"
   ];
 
+  postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.cc.isClang) ''
+    sed -i build/standalone.gyp -e 's,-Wno-format-pedantic,,g'
+  '';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   installPhase = ''