--- GDALmake.opt.in.orig        2019-01-15 18:04:38 UTC
+++ GDALmake.opt.in
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ WARN_EFFCPLUSPLUS = @WARN_EFFCPLUSPLUS@
 # CXXFLAGS += -fPIE -pie
 # CXXFLAGS += -fstack-protector-all

-LDFLAGS     = @LDFLAGS@
+LDFLAGS     =  @abs_top_builddir@ -fstack-protector
 # LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=address

 RANLIB         =       @RANLIB@