diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/template b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
index 9ebb15c2bf..ef20fa4494 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ license="2-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/archive/$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=fb97f78a2d1e78ca7fb74426bbc7edac7af36366491dbcf3b97db3aa1b20a8b7
 
+# readdir_r is deprecated
+CFLAGS="-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libressl-devel libarchive-devel"
 depends="ca-certificates xbps-triggers"