diff --git a/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk b/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk
index 54c2aa46d8..ec070e3ca6 100644
--- a/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk
+++ b/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ endif
 # because they don't recognise the usual variables set by the kernel
 # build system. We also need to tell them what modules to build.
 NVIDIA_DRIVER_MODULE_MAKE_OPTS = \
+	IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 \
 	NV_KERNEL_SOURCES="$(LINUX_DIR)" \
 	NV_KERNEL_OUTPUT="$(LINUX_DIR)" \
 	NV_KERNEL_MODULES="$(NVIDIA_DRIVER_MODULES)"