diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 74efb0e6e8..d488f14ae5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [24744] io: Remove the copy_file_range emulation.
   [25203] libio: Disable vtable validation for pre-2.1 interposed handles
   [25204] Ignore LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for SUID programs
+  [25225] ld.so fails to link on x86 if GCC defaults to -fcf-protection
 
 Security related changes:
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fde57d63fe..c02753c0fe 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3762,11 +3762,32 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+#ifndef __CET__
+#error no CET compiler support
+#endif
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  libc_cv_compiler_default_cet=yes
+else
+  libc_cv_compiler_default_cet=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+
 # Check whether --enable-cet was given.
 if test "${enable_cet+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_cet; enable_cet=$enableval
 else
-  enable_cet=no
+  enable_cet=$libc_cv_compiler_default_cet
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 014e09a5d5..139554b94a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -464,11 +464,18 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([mathvec],
 	      [build_mathvec=$enableval],
 	      [build_mathvec=notset])
 
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [
+#ifndef __CET__
+# error no CET compiler support
+#endif],
+	       [libc_cv_compiler_default_cet=yes],
+	       [libc_cv_compiler_default_cet=no])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([cet],
 	      AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-cet],
 			     [enable Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET), x86 only]),
 	      [enable_cet=$enableval],
-	      [enable_cet=no])
+	      [enable_cet=$libc_cv_compiler_default_cet])
 
 # We keep the original values in `$config_*' and never modify them, so we
 # can write them unchanged into config.make.  Everything else uses