diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
index cc5a26a557d5..00b4139dc7cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openldap/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       ++ stdenv.lib.optional (cyrus_sasl == null) "--without-cyrus-sasl"
       ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isFreeBSD "--with-pic";
 
+  dontPatchELF = 1; # !!!
+
   # Fixup broken libtool
   preFixup = ''
     sed -e 's,-lsasl2,-L${cyrus_sasl.out}/lib -lsasl2,' \