diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/dar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/dar/default.nix
index 92a81f9e5d6..b64b6e4ca0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/dar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/dar/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = http://dar.linux.free.fr/;
     description = "Disk ARchiver, allows backing up files into indexed archives";