diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
index f5647f303e12..0cf362487918 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (if interactive then "--with-readline=${readline.dev}" else "--without-readline")
   ];
 
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
+    # TODO: figure out a better way to unbreak _NSGetExecutablePath invocations
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-implicit-function-declaration";
+  };
+
   makeFlags = [
     "AR=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ar"
   ];