diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix
index 45707a5a4d4b..c707a23cfeaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ];
 
+  hardeningDisable = [ "strictflexarrays3" ];
+
   configureFlags = [ (lib.enableFeature true "libgdbm-compat") ];
 
   outputs = [