diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 6539c50fb9aa..82500962f1b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ $(obj)/zoffset.h: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
 AFLAGS_header.o += -I$(objtree)/$(obj)
 $(obj)/header.o: $(obj)/zoffset.h
 
-LDFLAGS_setup.elf	:= -m elf_i386 -T
+LDFLAGS_setup.elf	:= -m elf_i386 -z noexecstack -T
 $(obj)/setup.elf: $(src)/setup.ld $(SETUP_OBJS) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 292b5bc6e3a3..edfb1a718510 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ else
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
 	&& echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
 endif
+
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z noexecstack
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option,--no-warn-rwx-segments)
+
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
 
 hostprogs-y	:= mkpiggy
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
index 0f2154106d01..5aae81f40bc3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ quiet_cmd_vdso = VDSO    $@
 		 sh $(srctree)/$(src)/checkundef.sh '$(NM)' '$@'
 
 VDSO_LDFLAGS = -shared --hash-style=both --build-id \
-	$(call ld-option, --eh-frame-hdr) -Bsymbolic
+	$(call ld-option, --eh-frame-hdr) -Bsymbolic -z noexecstack
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 quiet_cmd_vdso_and_check = VDSO    $@