Original patch from Gentoo: gentoo/src/patchsets/binutils/2.19/78_all_use-relro.patch diff -durN binutils-2.19.orig/ld/ldmain.c binutils-2.19/ld/ldmain.c --- binutils-2.19.orig/ld/ldmain.c 2008-11-23 16:59:24.000000000 +0100 +++ binutils-2.19/ld/ldmain.c 2008-11-23 16:59:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ link_info.keep_memory = TRUE; link_info.new_dtags = TRUE; link_info.combreloc = TRUE; + link_info.relro = TRUE; link_info.strip_discarded = TRUE; link_info.emit_hash = TRUE; #ifndef __mips__