--- a/common/autoconf/flags.m4	Thu Jun 11 00:21:56 2015 +0200
+++ b/common/autoconf/flags.m4	Thu Jun 11 00:30:10 2015 +0200
@@ -338,14 +338,16 @@
       # no adjustment
       ;;
     slowdebug )
-      # Add runtime stack smashing and undefined behavior checks
-      CFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIONS="-fstack-protector-all --param ssp-buffer-size=1"
-      CXXFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIONS="-fstack-protector-all --param ssp-buffer-size=1"
+      # Add runtime stack smashing and undefined behavior checks.
+      # Not all versions of gcc support -fstack-protector
+      STACK_PROTECTOR_CFLAG="-fstack-protector-all"
+      FLAGS_COMPILER_CHECK_ARGUMENTS([$STACK_PROTECTOR_CFLAG], [], [STACK_PROTECTOR_CFLAG=""])
+
+      CFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIONS="$STACK_PROTECTOR_CFLAG --param ssp-buffer-size=1"
+      CXXFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIONS="$STACK_PROTECTOR_CFLAG --param ssp-buffer-size=1"
       ;;
     esac
   fi
-  AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIONS)
-  AC_SUBST(CXXFLAGS_DEBUG_OPTIONS)
 
   # Optimization levels
   if test "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = xsolstudio; then