diff --git a/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake b/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake
index fecf2a2..f3e012f 100644
--- a/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_configurations/compiler_options.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ IF(UNIX)
   # Default GCC flags
   IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
     SET(COMMON_C_FLAGS               "-fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+    SET(COMMON_C_FLAGS               "-fstack-protector-strong")
     # Disable inline optimizations for valgrind testing to avoid false positives
     IF(WITH_VALGRIND)
       STRING_PREPEND(COMMON_C_FLAGS  "-fno-inline ")
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ IF(UNIX)
   ENDIF()
   IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     SET(COMMON_CXX_FLAGS               "-std=c++14 -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+    SET(COMMON_CXX_FLAGS               "-fstack-protector-strong")
     # Disable inline optimizations for valgrind testing to avoid false positives
     IF(WITH_VALGRIND)
       STRING_PREPEND(COMMON_CXX_FLAGS  "-fno-inline ")