diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
index fc4fbb34c502..7f7a40f3368d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/configure-flags.nix
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ let
 
     # Platform-specific flags
     ++ lib.optional (targetPlatform == hostPlatform && targetPlatform.isx86_32) "--with-arch=${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name}"
+    ++ lib.optional targetPlatform.isNetBSD "--disable-libssp" # Provided by libc.
     ++ lib.optionals hostPlatform.isSunOS [
       "--enable-long-long" "--enable-libssp" "--enable-threads=posix" "--disable-nls" "--enable-__cxa_atexit"
       # On Illumos/Solaris GNU as is preferred