diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix
index fd470143a3c5..58e5e9343a76 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname   = "NetworkManager";
   major   = "1.6";
   version = "${major}.2";
+  # FIXME: this problem is fixed upstream (commit 6a77258f4ec2), remove when upgrading ^^^
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url    = "mirror://gnome/sources/${pname}/${major}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";