diff --git a/newlib/libc/ssp/stack_protector.c b/newlib/libc/ssp/stack_protector.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee014b69d
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+++ b/newlib/libc/ssp/stack_protector.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard = 0;
+
+void
+__attribute__((__constructor__))
+__stack_chk_init (void)
+{
+  if (__stack_chk_guard != 0)
+    return;
+
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__rtems__)
+  arc4random_buf(&__stack_chk_guard, sizeof(__stack_chk_guard));
+#else
+  /* If getentropy is not available, use the "terminator canary". */
+  ((unsigned char *)&__stack_chk_guard)[0] = 0;
+  ((unsigned char *)&__stack_chk_guard)[1] = 0;
+  ((unsigned char *)&__stack_chk_guard)[2] = '\n';
+  ((unsigned char *)&__stack_chk_guard)[3] = 255;
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+__attribute__((__noreturn__))
+__stack_chk_fail (void)
+{
+  char msg[] = "*** stack smashing detected ***: terminated\n";
+  write (2, msg, strlen (msg));
+  raise (SIGABRT);
+  _exit (127);
+}
+
+#ifdef __ELF__
+void
+__attribute__((visibility ("hidden")))
+__stack_chk_fail_local (void)
+{
+	__stack_chk_fail();
+}
+#endif