diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/misc/libgda/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/misc/libgda/default.nix
index 75c45634636..2e5b0a4af84 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/misc/libgda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/misc/libgda/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool itstool libxml2 gtk3 openssl ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {