diff --git a/firmware/Makefile b/firmware/Makefile
index bdca6e51..7be5c301 100644
--- a/firmware/Makefile
+++ b/firmware/Makefile
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ C_LIBUSB     = USBDescriptors.c USBRequests.c USBD.c USBDCallbacks.c USBDDriver.
 C_LIBUSB_RT  = dfu.c dfu_runtime.c
 C_LIBUSB_DFU = dfu.c dfu_desc.c dfu_driver.c
 C_LIBCOMMON  = string.c stdio.c fputs.c usb_buf.c ringbuffer.c pseudo_talloc.c host_communication.c \
-	       main_common.c
+	       main_common.c stack_check.c
 
 C_BOARD      = $(notdir $(wildcard libboard/common/source/*.c))
 C_BOARD     += $(notdir $(wildcard libboard/$(BOARD)/source/*.c))
diff --git a/firmware/libcommon/source/stack_check.c b/firmware/libcommon/source/stack_check.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3130dd8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/firmware/libcommon/source/stack_check.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/panic.h>
+
+/* This is what's minimally required to fix builds on Ubuntu 20.04,
+ * where stack smashing protection is enabled by default when using dpkg
+ * - even when cross-compiling: https://osmocom.org/issues/4687
+ */
+
+uintptr_t __stack_chk_guard = 0xdeadbeef;
+
+void __stack_chk_fail(void)
+{
+	osmo_panic("Stack smashing detected!\r\n");
+}