diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv6hf.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv6hf.sh
index 0931f65194..e7400bf01d 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv6hf.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv6hf.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="armv6l"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
-XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
+XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong"
 XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv6 -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv7hf.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv7hf.sh
index 0bebb31163..c6b1519d50 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv7hf.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv7hf.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="armv7l"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="arm-linux-gnueabihf7"
-XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
+XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong"
 XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3 -mfloat-abi=hard"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"