--- a/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4	Wed Nov 27 09:00:01 2019 +0100
+++ b/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4	Tue Nov 26 13:55:11 2019 +0100
@@ -70,10 +70,9 @@
     fi
 
     # Add -z defs, to forbid undefined symbols in object files.
-    BASIC_LDFLAGS="$BASIC_LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,defs"
-
-    BASIC_LDFLAGS_JVM_ONLY="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,relro"
-
+    # add relro (mark relocations read only) for all libs
+    BASIC_LDFLAGS="$BASIC_LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,-z,relro"
+    BASIC_LDFLAGS_JVM_ONLY="-Wl,-O1"
 
   elif test "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = xclang; then
     BASIC_LDFLAGS_JVM_ONLY="-mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -mstack-alignment=16 \
@@ -120,9 +119,6 @@
     if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xlinux; then
       if test x$DEBUG_LEVEL = xrelease; then
         DEBUGLEVEL_LDFLAGS_JDK_ONLY="$DEBUGLEVEL_LDFLAGS_JDK_ONLY -Wl,-O1"
-      else
-        # mark relocations read only on (fast/slow) debug builds
-        DEBUGLEVEL_LDFLAGS_JDK_ONLY="-Wl,-z,relro"
       fi
       if test x$DEBUG_LEVEL = xslowdebug; then
         # do relocations at load