diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index a64c4caf00..dc7f458b25 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
     ${@get_gcc_mips_plt_setting(bb, d)} \
     ${@get_gcc_ppc_plt_settings(bb, d)} \
     ${@get_gcc_multiarch_setting(bb, d)} \
+	--enable-standard-branch-protection \
 "
 
 # glibc version is a minimum controlling whether features are enabled.