diff --git a/string/Makefile b/string/Makefile
index 3ba77e1b2f..8f31fa49e6 100644
--- a/string/Makefile
+++ b/string/Makefile
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ CFLAGS-memcpy.c += $(no-stack-protector)
 CFLAGS-wordcopy.c += $(no-stack-protector)
 # Called during static initialization
 CFLAGS-strncmp.c += $(no-stack-protector)
+CFLAGS-memset.c += $(no-stack-protector)
 
 CFLAGS-argz-next.c += $(config-cflags-wno-ignored-attributes)
 CFLAGS-basename.c += $(config-cflags-wno-ignored-attributes)