diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 02932d6a8ee75..317ed3f73f28c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -761,6 +761,9 @@ let
         # Optimizer error: too much on the stack
         ack-menu = ignoreCompilationError super.ack-menu;
 
+        # https://github.com/skeeto/emacs-aio/issues/31
+        aio = ignoreCompilationError super.aio;
+
         # https://github.com/gongo/airplay-el/issues/2
         airplay = addPackageRequires super.airplay [ self.request-deferred ];