diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/petsc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/petsc/default.nix
index 4a4208e1cbe4..3eb0fa66dfaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/petsc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/petsc/default.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureScript = "python ./configure";
 
+  # disable stackprotector on aarch64-darwin for now
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/158730
+  # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/127608 for a similar issue
+  hardeningDisable = lib.optionals (stdenv.isAarch64 && stdenv.isDarwin) [ "stackprotector" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;