diff --git a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.1.nix b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.1.nix
index 7cd7fb6905cb..390dab12c947 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/bash/5.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/bash/5.1.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1alv68wplnfdm6mh39hm57060xgssb9vqca4yr1cyva0c342n0fc";
   };
 
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ]
+  # bionic libc is super weird and has issues with fortify outside of its own libc, check this comment:
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/192630#discussion_r978985593
+  # or you can check libc/include/sys/cdefs.h in bionic source code
+  ++ optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "bionic") "fortify";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "doc" "info" ];