diff --git a/devel/psptoolchain-newlib/Makefile b/devel/psptoolchain-newlib/Makefile
index 88177520d489..0ade18b975d8 100644
--- a/devel/psptoolchain-newlib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/psptoolchain-newlib/Makefile
@@ -1,44 +1,49 @@
 # Created by: Tassilo Philipp <tphilipp@potion-studios.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=		newlib
 PORTVERSION=		1.20.0
 PORTREVISION=		2
 CATEGORIES=		devel
 MASTER_SITES=		ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/ \
 			SOURCEWARE/${PORTNAME}
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=		psptoolchain-
 
 MAINTAINER=		tphilipp@potion-studios.com
 COMMENT=		PlayStation Portable development toolchain ${PORTNAME}
 
 PSP_GCC_STAGE_PREFIX=	psp/stage1
 PSP_SDK_STAGE_PREFIX=	psp/stage1
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=		${LOCALBASE}/${PSP_SDK_STAGE_PREFIX}/sdk/include/pspsdk.h:devel/psptoolchain-pspsdk-stage1 \
 			psp-ar:devel/psptoolchain-binutils \
 			psp-as:devel/psptoolchain-binutils \
 			psp-ld:devel/psptoolchain-binutils \
 			${LOCALBASE}/${PSP_GCC_STAGE_PREFIX}/bin/psp-gcc:devel/psptoolchain-gcc-stage1
 
 USES=			gmake makeinfo
 HAS_CONFIGURE=		yes
 
 # psp-gcc doesn't need -march=... in CFLAGS (e.g. set by CPUTYPE in make.conf); also need -g on psp for some reason
 CONFIGURE_ENV=		PATH=${LOCALBASE}/${PSP_GCC_STAGE_PREFIX}/bin:${PATH} \
 			CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:C/(^|[[:space:]])-march=[^[:space:]]*//g} -g"
 MAKE_ENV=		PATH=${LOCALBASE}/${PSP_GCC_STAGE_PREFIX}/bin:${PATH}
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=		--prefix=${PREFIX} --target="psp"
 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
 
 # Disable installation of .info files and fix includedir reference.
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E 's/^(install.*:.*)install-info(.*)/\1\2/' ${WRKSRC}/etc/Makefile.in
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E 's#(-I\$$\{prefix}/)psp(/sdk/include)#-I${LOCALBASE}/${PSP_SDK_STAGE_PREFIX:S,/,\\/,}\2#' ${WRKSRC}/newlib/configure.host
 
 # Rename installed crt0.o as real crt0.o used by PSP code comes with psptoolchain-pspsdk-stage2
 # and would overwrite the one from this port.
 post-install:
 	@${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/psp/lib/crt0.o ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/psp/lib/crt0.newlib.o
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>