diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index b9330d2fd0..9f4024957d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -11021,7 +11021,13 @@ (define-public folks
            (lambda _
              (substitute* "meson.build"
                (("gtk_update_icon_cache: true")
-                "gtk_update_icon_cache: false")))))))
+                "gtk_update_icon_cache: false"))))
+          (add-before 'configure 'relax-gcc-14-strictness
+            (lambda _
+              (setenv "CFLAGS"
+                      (string-append "-g -O2"
+                                     " -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"
+                                     " -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types")))))))
     (inputs
      (list bdb
            dbus-glib