diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
index b4b56be9c6d..2896f4ff271 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/valgrind/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
 
+  hardening_stackprotector = false;
+
   # Perl is needed for `cg_annotate'.
   # GDB is needed to provide a sane default for `--db-command'.
   nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];