diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix
index 9b3b39ba1069..936aebf22e5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , python
+, enableTelemetry ? false
 }:
 
 let
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     tomlkit
   ];
 
+  postFixup = if enableTelemetry then "echo aws-sam-cli TELEMETRY IS ENABLED" else ''
+    # Disable telemetry: https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sam-cli/issues/1272
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/sam --set  SAM_CLI_TELEMETRY 0
+  '';
+
   # fix over-restrictive version bounds
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace requirements/base.txt \