diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
index cebb7c2b9383..7b246a38cb90 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ in buildPythonPackage rec {
     xlwt
   ];
 
+  # doesn't work with -Werror,-Wunused-command-line-argument
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/39687
+  hardeningDisable = optional stdenv.cc.isClang "strictoverflow";
+
   # For OSX, we need to add a dependency on libcxx, which provides
   # `complex.h` and other libraries that pandas depends on to build.
   postPatch = optionalString isDarwin ''