diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh
index b0fe7015bc1..7f6b9e0b80c 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv5te.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="armv5tel"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="arm-linux-gnueabi"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv5te -msoft-float -mfloat-abi=soft"
+XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=2"
+XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/mips.sh b/common/cross-profiles/mips.sh
index 9a79e19bdf5..32980da6d29 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/mips.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/mips.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="mips"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="mips-softfloat-linux-gnu"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-mtune=mips32r2 -mabi=32 -msoft-float"
+XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=2"
+XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/mipsel.sh b/common/cross-profiles/mipsel.sh
index 4859250e904..f04f83c685c 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/mipsel.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/mipsel.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="mipsel"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="mipsel-softfloat-linux-gnu"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-mtune=mips32r2 -mabi=32 -msoft-float"
+XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=2"
+XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"