diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 509cb405ff6..d9e11b54b7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -6461,6 +6461,9 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     # Patch has been sent upstream.
     patches = [ ../development/perl-modules/gd-options-passthrough-and-fontconfig.patch ];
 
+    # otherwise "cc1: error: -Wformat-security ignored without -Wformat [-Werror=format-security]"
+    NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-Wno-error=format-security" ];
+
     # tests fail
     doCheck = false;