diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-graalvm-native-image/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-graalvm-native-image/default.nix
index e5fe1abe1d11..0612db2ad79b 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-graalvm-native-image/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-graalvm-native-image/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   nativeImageBuildArgs = nativeImageBuildArgs ++ extraNativeImageBuildArgs ++ [ graalvmXmx ];
 
+  # Workaround GraalVM issue where the builder does not have access to the
+  # environment variables since 21.0.0
+  # https://github.com/oracle/graal/pull/6095
+  # https://github.com/oracle/graal/pull/6095
+  # https://github.com/oracle/graal/issues/7502
+  env.NATIVE_IMAGE_DEPRECATED_BUILDER_SANITATION = "true";
+
   buildPhase = args.buildPhase or ''
     runHook preBuild