diff --git a/common/environment/configure/gccspecs/hardened-mips-cc1 b/common/environment/configure/gccspecs/hardened-mips-cc1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41e40b98022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/configure/gccspecs/hardened-mips-cc1
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*cpp_options:
++ %{!fpie:%{!fPIE:%{!fpic:%{!fPIC:%{!fno-pic:-fPIE -mshared}}}}}
+
+*cc1_options:
++ %{!fpie:%{!fPIE:%{!fpic:%{!fPIC:%{!fno-pic:-fPIE -mshared}}}}}
+
+*asm_options:
++ %{!fpie:%{!fPIE:%{!fpic:%{!fPIC:%{!fno-pic:-mshared}}}}}
diff --git a/common/environment/configure/hardening.sh b/common/environment/configure/hardening.sh
index a519efce585..890471de2bb 100644
--- a/common/environment/configure/hardening.sh
+++ b/common/environment/configure/hardening.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 # Enable SSP and FORITFY_SOURCE=2 by default.
-CFLAGS=" -fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $CFLAGS"
-CXXFLAGS="-fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $CXXFLAGS"
+_CFLAGS=" -fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 ${CFLAGS}"
+_CXXFLAGS="-fstack-protector-strong -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 ${CXXFLAGS}"
 # Enable as-needed and relro by default.
-LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro $LDFLAGS"
+_LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed ${LDFLAGS}"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686-musl) # SSP currently broken (see https://github.com/voidlinux/void-packages/issues/2902)
-		CFLAGS+=" -fno-stack-protector"
-		CXXFLAGS+=" -fno-stack-protector"
+		_CFLAGS+=" -fno-stack-protector"
+		_CXXFLAGS+=" -fno-stack-protector"
 		;;
 esac
 
 if [ -z "$nopie" ]; then
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	mips*)
-		# XXX for some reason the gcc specs does not apply correctly
-		CFLAGS+=" -fPIE"
-		CXXFLAGS+=" -fPIE"
-		;;
-	esac
 	_GCCSPECSDIR=${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/configure/gccspecs
-	CFLAGS="-specs=${_GCCSPECSDIR}/hardened-cc1 $CFLAGS"
-	CXXFLAGS="-specs=${_GCCSPECSDIR}/hardened-cc1 $CXXFLAGS"
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		mips*) _GCCSPECSFILE=${_GCCSPECSDIR}/hardened-mips-cc1;;
+		*) _GCCSPECSFILE=${_GCCSPECSDIR}/hardened-cc1;;
+	esac
+	CFLAGS="-specs=${_GCCSPECSFILE} ${_CFLAGS}"
+	CXXFLAGS="-specs=${_GCCSPECSFILE} ${_CXXFLAGS}"
 	# We pass -z relro -z now here too, because libtool drops -specs...
-	LDFLAGS="-specs=${_GCCSPECSDIR}/hardened-ld -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now $LDFLAGS"
+	LDFLAGS="-specs=${_GCCSPECSDIR}/hardened-ld -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now ${_LDFLAGS}"
 fi
+
+unset _CFLAGS _CXXFLAGS _LDFLAGS