diff --git a/toolchain/Config.in b/toolchain/Config.in
index 973c03254f..87509f3d64 100644
--- a/toolchain/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/Config.in
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP
 	bool
 
+config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP_STRONG
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
+
 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_UCONTEXT
 	bool