diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index f6b2e77936..0fcdfc5041 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -7614,6 +7614,8 @@ (define-public libgee
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list
+      #:configure-flags
+      #~(list "CFLAGS=-g -O2 -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types")
       #:phases
       #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
           (add-after 'unpack 'fix-introspection-install-dir