diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
index 65670d9d172..74bd4367608 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 XBPS_TARGET_ARCH="i686-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="i686-linux-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=i686"
+XBPS_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=2"
+XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"