diff --git a/zipl/boot/Makefile b/zipl/boot/Makefile
index 359189e5..a2e5f190 100644
--- a/zipl/boot/Makefile
+++ b/zipl/boot/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ INCLUDE_PARMS := $(addprefix -I,$(INCLUDE_PATHS))
 ALL_CFLAGS = $(NO_PIE_CFLAGS) -Os -g $(INCLUDE_PARMS) \
 	  -DS390_TOOLS_RELEASE=$(S390_TOOLS_RELEASE) \
 	  -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables \
-	  -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks \
+	  -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -fno-stack-protector \
 	  -fexec-charset=IBM1047 -m64 -mpacked-stack \
 	  -mstack-size=4096 -mstack-guard=128 -msoft-float \
 	  -W -Wall -Wformat-security