diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e2a880b277..a73df878ff5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ option(FLB_RELEASE             "Build with release mode (-O2 -g -DNDEBUG)"   No)
 set(FLB_IPO "ReleaseOnly" CACHE STRING "Build with interprocedural optimization")
 set_property(CACHE FLB_IPO PROPERTY STRINGS "On;Off;ReleaseOnly")
 option(FLB_SMALL               "Optimise for small size"       No)
+set(FLB_SECURITY "ReleaseOnly" CACHE STRING "Build with security optimizations")
+set_property(CACHE FLB_SECURITY PROPERTY STRINGS "On;Off;ReleaseOnly")
 option(FLB_COVERAGE            "Build with code-coverage"      No)
 option(FLB_JEMALLOC            "Build with Jemalloc support"   No)
 option(FLB_REGEX               "Build with Regex support"     Yes)
@@ -332,6 +334,21 @@ if(FLB_IPO STREQUAL "On" OR (FLB_IPO STREQUAL "ReleaseOnly" AND FLB_RELEASE))
   endif()
 endif()
 
+# Harden release binary against security vulnerabilities
+if(FLB_SECURITY STREQUAL "On" OR (FLB_SECURITY STREQUAL "ReleaseOnly" AND FLB_RELEASE))
+  if (NOT MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now")
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wl,-z,noexecstack")
+    if(NOT FLB_SMALL)
+      set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fstack-protector")
+      # Fortify requires optimization
+      if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
+        set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1")
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 if(FLB_PARSER)
   FLB_DEFINITION(FLB_HAVE_PARSER)
   message(STATUS "Enabling FLB_REGEX since FLB_PARSER requires")