diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index 803d8b9fa12e..aca96f58ed97 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       hardening_unsupported_flags+=" pic"
     ''
 
+    + optionalString targetPlatform.isMinGW ''
+      hardening_unsupported_flags+=" stackprotector"
+    ''
+
     + ''
       substituteAll ${./add-flags.sh} $out/nix-support/add-flags.sh
       substituteAll ${./add-hardening.sh} $out/nix-support/add-hardening.sh