diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9a50e3ee06..26509da5b9 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ if 'CFLAGS' is specified it must enable optimization.  For example:
      particular case and potentially change debugging information and
      metadata only).
 
+'--with-elided-stack-protector-cflags=CFLAGS'
+     When the '--enable-stack-protector' configure option is set, use
+     compiler flags CFLAGS to build the parts of the library that cannot
+     be built with stack protector enabled.  The default value is
+     '-fno-stack-protector -DSTACK_PROTECTOR_LEVEL=0'.  This option has
+     no effect when used without '--enable-stack-protector'.
+
 '--disable-shared'
      Don't build shared libraries even if it is possible.  Not all
      systems support shared libraries; you need ELF support and
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1dc3af60b4..3317170ed2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ with_selinux
 with_headers
 with_default_link
 with_nonshared_cflags
+with_elided_stack_protector_cflags
 enable_sanity_checks
 enable_shared
 enable_profile
@@ -1482,6 +1483,9 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-default-link     do not use explicit linker scripts
   --with-nonshared-cflags=CFLAGS
                           build nonshared libraries with additional CFLAGS
+  --with-elided-stack-protector-cflags=CFLAGS
+                          additional CFLAGS to build routines that cannot be
+                          built with stack protector
   --with-cpu=CPU          select code for CPU variant
 
 Some influential environment variables:
@@ -3349,6 +3353,15 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
+# Check whether --with-elided-stack-protector-cflags was given.
+if test "${with_elided_stack_protector_cflags+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_elided_stack_protector_cflags; elided_ssp_cflags=$withval
+else
+  elided_ssp_cflags="-fno-stack-protector -DSTACK_PROTECTOR_LEVEL=0"
+fi
+
+
 # Check whether --enable-sanity-checks was given.
 if test "${enable_sanity_checks+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_sanity_checks; enable_sanity=$enableval
@@ -3958,7 +3971,7 @@ $as_echo "$libc_cv_ssp_all" >&6; }
 stack_protector=
 no_stack_protector=
 if test "$libc_cv_ssp" = yes; then
-  no_stack_protector="-fno-stack-protector -DSTACK_PROTECTOR_LEVEL=0"
+  no_stack_protector="$elided_ssp_cflags"
   $as_echo "#define HAVE_CC_NO_STACK_PROTECTOR 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dfebb8a7cc..54368625d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([nonshared-cflags],
 	    [extra_nonshared_cflags=])
 AC_SUBST(extra_nonshared_cflags)
 
+AC_ARG_WITH([elided-stack-protector-cflags],
+	    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-elided-stack-protector-cflags=CFLAGS],
+			   [additional CFLAGS to build routines that cannot be built with stack protector]),
+	    [elided_ssp_cflags=$withval],
+	    [elided_ssp_cflags="-fno-stack-protector -DSTACK_PROTECTOR_LEVEL=0"])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([sanity-checks],
 	      AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-sanity-checks],
 			     [really do not use threads (should not be used except in special situations) @<:@default=yes@:>@]),
@@ -586,7 +592,7 @@ LIBC_TRY_CC_OPTION([$CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -Werror -fstack-protector-all],
 stack_protector=
 no_stack_protector=
 if test "$libc_cv_ssp" = yes; then
-  no_stack_protector="-fno-stack-protector -DSTACK_PROTECTOR_LEVEL=0"
+  no_stack_protector="$elided_ssp_cflags"
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CC_NO_STACK_PROTECTOR)
 fi
 
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 419576f49c..60a8932fb5 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ that the objects in @file{libc_nonshared.a} are compiled with this flag
 (although this will not affect the generated code in this particular
 case and potentially change debugging information and metadata only).
 
+@item --with-elided-stack-protector-cflags=@var{cflags}
+When the @option{--enable-stack-protector} configure option is set, use
+compiler flags @var{cflags} to build the parts of the library that cannot be
+built with stack protector enabled.  The default value is
+@samp{-fno-stack-protector -DSTACK_PROTECTOR_LEVEL=0}.  This option has no
+effect when used without @option{--enable-stack-protector}.
+
 @c disable static doesn't work currently
 @c @item --disable-static
 @c Don't build static libraries.  Static libraries aren't that useful these
