diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index a64c4ca..dc7f458 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     ${@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.