diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/platform-flags.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/platform-flags.nix
index c0593cd781ed..90153be10516 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/platform-flags.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc/common/platform-flags.nix
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ in lib.concatLists [
       "--with-long-double-128"
       "--with-long-double-format=${gcc.long-double-format or "ieee"}"
     ]))
+  (lib.optional targetPlatform.isMips64n32 "--disable-libsanitizer") # libsanitizer does not compile on mips64n32
 ]