diff --git a/package/tpm2-tss/tpm2-tss.mk b/package/tpm2-tss/tpm2-tss.mk
index 334d5b06af..a0bbc7a160 100644
--- a/package/tpm2-tss/tpm2-tss.mk
+++ b/package/tpm2-tss/tpm2-tss.mk
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ TPM2_TSS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 TPM2_TSS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 TPM2_TSS_DEPENDENCIES = liburiparser host-pkgconf
 
-# -fstack-protector-all is used by default. Disable that so the
-# BR2_SSP_* options in the toolchain wrapper are used instead
+# -fstack-protector-all and FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 is used by
+# default. Disable that so the BR2_SSP_* / BR2_FORTIFY_SOURCE_* options
+# in the toolchain wrapper and CFLAGS are used instead
 TPM2_TSS_CONF_ENV = \
-	ax_cv_check_cflags___________Wall__Werror_______fstack_protector_all=no
+	ax_cv_check_cflags___________Wall__Werror_______fstack_protector_all=no \
+	ax_cv_check_ccppflags___________Wall__Werror_______U_FORTIFY_SOURCE=no \
+	ax_cv_check_ccppflags___________Wall__Werror_______D_FORTIFY_SOURCE_2=no
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))