diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgroove/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgroove/default.nix
index ac6c9d297cc3..bd5a5f068515 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgroove/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgroove/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1la9d9kig50mc74bxvhx6hzqv0nrci9aqdm4k2j4q0s1nlfgxipd";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./no-warnings-as-errors.patch ];
+
   buildInputs = [ cmake libav SDL2 chromaprint libebur128 ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
@@ -18,6 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://github.com/andrewrk/libgroove;
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.andrewrk ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ andrewrk ma27 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgroove/no-warnings-as-errors.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgroove/no-warnings-as-errors.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86a8a935769c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgroove/no-warnings-as-errors.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index a1e8541..6bc9c30 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ configure_file (
+   "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h"
+   )
+ 
+-set(LIB_CFLAGS "${C99_C_FLAGS} -pedantic -Werror -Wall -Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=old-style-definition -Werror=missing-prototypes -D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L")
+-set(EXAMPLE_CFLAGS "${C99_C_FLAGS} -pedantic -Werror -Wall -g")
++set(LIB_CFLAGS "${C99_C_FLAGS} -pedantic -Wall -Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=old-style-definition -Werror=missing-prototypes -D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L")
++set(EXAMPLE_CFLAGS "${C99_C_FLAGS} -pedantic -Wall -g")
+ set(EXAMPLE_INCLUDES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+ 
+ add_library(groove SHARED ${LIBGROOVE_SOURCES} ${LIBGROOVE_HEADERS})