diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index 812148c7adc6..de0a02c56e25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ let
   ver_maj = "2.38";
   ver_min = "2";
 in
-with { inherit (stdenv.lib) optionalString; };
+with { inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionalString; };
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "glib-${ver_maj}.${ver_min}";
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preConfigure = "autoreconf -fi";
 
-  configureFlags = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS "--disable-modular-tests";
+  configureFlags =
+    optional stdenv.isDarwin "--disable-compile-warnings"
+    ++ optional stdenv.isSunOS "--disable-modular-tests";
 
-  CPPFLAGS = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isSunOS "-DBSD_COMP";
+  CPPFLAGS = optionalString stdenv.isSunOS "-DBSD_COMP";
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-lintl";