diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 7e3d53575486..3765336e5ec6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEVMEM_IS_ALLOWED
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
+	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
 	select ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 16a8a804e958..4a247acd1b96 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -167,3 +167,8 @@ decompress_kernel(unsigned long output_start, unsigned long free_mem_ptr_p,
 	else
 		putstr(" done, booting the kernel.\n");
 }
+
+void fortify_panic(const char *name)
+{
+	error("detected buffer overflow");
+}