diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
index e1ee9757fe89..b8a58ff400e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/debian-devscripts/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, xz, dpkg
+{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, xz, dpkg
 , libxslt, docbook_xsl, makeWrapper, writeShellScript
 , python3Packages
 , perlPackages, curl, gnupg, diffutils, nano, pkg-config, bash-completion, help2man
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-j0fUVTS/lPKFdgeMhksiJz2+E5koB07IK2uEj55EWG0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "hardening-check-obey-binutils-env-vars.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/Debian/devscripts/pull/2/commits/c6a018e0ef50a1b0cb4962a2f96dae7c6f21f1d4.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-UpS239JiAM1IYxNuJLdILq2h0xlR5t0Tzhj47xiMHww=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace scripts/Makefile --replace /usr/share/dpkg ${dpkg}/share/dpkg
     substituteInPlace scripts/debrebuild.pl --replace /usr/bin/perl ${perlPackages.perl}/bin/perl