diff --git a/images/base-linux64/ct-ng-config b/images/base-linux64/ct-ng-config
index e082306..0a29482 100644
--- a/images/base-linux64/ct-ng-config
+++ b/images/base-linux64/ct-ng-config
@@ -617,8 +617,8 @@ CT_GCC_4_8_or_later=y
 CT_CC_GCC_ENABLE_PLUGINS=y
 CT_CC_GCC_HAS_LIBMPX=y
 CT_CC_GCC_ENABLE_CXX_FLAGS=""
-CT_CC_GCC_CORE_EXTRA_CONFIG_ARRAY=""
-CT_CC_GCC_EXTRA_CONFIG_ARRAY=""
+CT_CC_GCC_CORE_EXTRA_CONFIG_ARRAY="--enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp"
+CT_CC_GCC_EXTRA_CONFIG_ARRAY="--enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp"
 CT_CC_GCC_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX=y
 # CT_CC_GCC_SYSTEM_ZLIB is not set
 CT_CC_GCC_CONFIG_TLS=m