diff --git a/devel/psptoolchain-pspsdk-stage2/Makefile b/devel/psptoolchain-pspsdk-stage2/Makefile
index e82c71cba9ed..efff36df42e1 100644
--- a/devel/psptoolchain-pspsdk-stage2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/psptoolchain-pspsdk-stage2/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
 # Created by: Tassilo Philipp <tphilipp@potion-studios.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTREVISION=		2
 
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=		-stage2
 
 MAINTAINER=		tphilipp@potion-studios.com
 COMMENT=		PlayStation Portable development toolchain ${PORTNAME}
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=		psp-cpp:devel/psptoolchain-gcc-stage2 \
 			psp-gcc:devel/psptoolchain-gcc-stage2 \
 			psp-gcov:devel/psptoolchain-gcc-stage2 \
 			psp-g++:devel/psptoolchain-gcc-stage2 \
 			psp-ar:devel/psptoolchain-binutils \
 			${LOCALBASE}/psp/lib/libc.a:devel/psptoolchain-newlib
 
 # psp-gcc doesn't need -march=... in CFLAGS (e.g. set by CPUTYPE in make.conf)
 CONFIGURE_ENV=		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:C/(^|[[:space:]])-march=[^[:space:]]*//g}"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=		--prefix=${PREFIX} --with-pspdev="${LOCALBASE}"
-SSP_CFLAGS?=		-fstack-protector # XXX -strong isn't supported by GCC < 4.9
+# there is no libssp w/ PSP SDK, disable stack guards as they would be
+# unresolved symbols, explicitly disable to be on the safe side
+SSP_UNSAFE=	yes
+CFLAGS+=	-fno-stack-protector
+LDFLAGS+=	-fno-stack-protector
 
 PLIST=			${.CURDIR}/pkg-plist
 MASTERDIR=		${.CURDIR}/../psptoolchain-pspsdk-stage1
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"