diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73ebad7..3735440 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ INSTALL = install

 LDFLAGS += -ldl
 CFLAGS ?= -O2 -g
-CFLAGS += -Wall -fPIC
-CPPFLAGS += -D__LIBHUGETLBFS__
+CFLAGS += -Wall -fPIC -fstack-protector-strong
+CPPFLAGS += -D__LIBHUGETLBFS__ -DFORTIFY_SOURCE

 ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/i386/)
 CC ?= gcc