diff --git a/variants/native/portduino.ini b/variants/native/portduino.ini
index b86420291..6d6b73df5 100644
--- a/variants/native/portduino.ini
+++ b/variants/native/portduino.ini
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ build_flags =
   ${arduino_base.build_flags}
   -D ARCH_PORTDUINO
   -fPIC
+  -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
+  -fstack-protector-all -Wstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=4
   -Isrc/platform/portduino
   -DRADIOLIB_EEPROM_UNSUPPORTED
   -DPORTDUINO_LINUX_HARDWARE