diff --git a/gcl.spec b/gcl.spec
index 0430317..6064eff 100644
--- a/gcl.spec
+++ b/gcl.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # -fstack-protector leads to segfaults because GCL uses its own conflicting
 # stack protection scheme.
-%global __global_cflags %(printf %%s '%__global_cflags' | sed -r 's/ -fstack-protector( --param=ssp-buffer-size=[[:digit:]]+)?//')
+%global __global_cflags %(printf %%s '%__global_cflags' | sed -r 's/ -fstack-protector(-strong)?( --param=ssp-buffer-size=[[:digit:]]+)?//')
 
 # Prerelease of 2.6.8
 %global alphatag 20130521cvs