diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
index 7123f100c17..7b69583574a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ makeWrapper() {
     makeDocumentedCWrapper "$original" "$@" | \
       @CC@ \
         -Wall -Werror -Wpedantic \
+        -Wno-overlength-strings \
         -Os \
         -x c \
         -o "$wrapper" -