diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index f809b8db04..303f1d6096 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ else
 			BASIC_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--large-address-aware
 		endif
 		CC = gcc
-		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0 -DDETECT_MSYS_TTY
+		COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0 -DDETECT_MSYS_TTY \
+			-fstack-protector-strong
 		EXTLIBS += -lntdll
 		INSTALL = /bin/install
 		NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER = YesPlease