diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 8665e2ef79..813c2f18fe 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Taylan Kammer <taylan.kammer@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -718,6 +719,8 @@ type system, elevating types to first-class status.")
                (base32
                 "0c5i3d16hp7gp9rd78vk9zc45js8bphf92m4lbb5gyi4l1yl7kkm"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:make-flags '("GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0")))     ; to prevent guild warnings
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("guile" ,guile-3.0)