diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0519da6f8ee4..263d81c570b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2221,6 +2221,18 @@ config RANDOMIZE_MEMORY_PHYSICAL_PADDING
 
 	   If unsure, leave at the default value.
 
+config X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR
+	bool "Stack cookie using a global variable"
+	depends on CC_STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO
+	default n
+	help
+	   This option turns on the "stack-protector" GCC feature using a global
+	   variable instead of a segment register. It is useful when the
+	   compiler does not support custom segment registers when building a
+	   position independent (PIE) binary.
+
+	   If unsure, say N
+
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs"
 	depends on SMP
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 76bc4dc03d5e..65d6d9a1dd22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ else
         KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=kernel
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR
+        ifeq ($(call cc-option, -mstack-protector-guard=global),)
+                $(error Cannot use CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR: \
+                        -mstack-protector-guard=global not supported \
+                        by compiler)
+        endif
+        KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mstack-protector-guard=global
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32
 	x32_ld_ok := $(call try-run,\
 			/bin/echo -e '1: .quad 1b' | \
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index d309f30cf7af..1a4abb98664b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 	movl	%esp, TASK_threadsp(%eax)
 	movl	TASK_threadsp(%edx), %esp
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	movl	TASK_stack_canary(%edx), %ebx
 	movl	%ebx, PER_CPU_VAR(stack_canary)+stack_canary_offset
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index fc15fe058d3c..1ae9c85241dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 	movq	%rsp, TASK_threadsp(%rdi)
 	movq	TASK_threadsp(%rsi), %rsp
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	movq	TASK_stack_canary(%rsi), %rbx
 	movq	%rbx, PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_union + stack_canary_offset)
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 18f1e8269ad7..d322b1789d94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ extern asmlinkage void ignore_sysret(void);
 void save_fsgs_for_kvm(void);
 #endif
 #else	/* X86_64 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 /*
  * Make sure stack canary segment base is cached-aligned:
  *   "For Intel Atom processors, avoid non zero segment base address
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
index 8ec97a62c245..4e120cf36782 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 #define GDT_STACK_CANARY_INIT						\
 	[GDT_ENTRY_STACK_CANARY] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(0x4090, 0, 0x18),
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR
+extern unsigned long __stack_chk_guard;
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Initialize the stackprotector canary value.
  *
@@ -63,7 +67,7 @@ static __always_inline void boot_init_stack_canary(void)
 	u64 canary;
 	u64 tsc;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(union irq_stack_union, stack_canary) != 40);
 #endif
 	/*
@@ -77,17 +81,22 @@ static __always_inline void boot_init_stack_canary(void)
 	canary += tsc + (tsc << 32UL);
 	canary &= CANARY_MASK;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR
+	if (__stack_chk_guard == 0)
+		__stack_chk_guard = canary ?: 1;
+#else /* !CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR */
 	current->stack_canary = canary;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	this_cpu_write(irq_stack_union.stack_canary, canary);
-#else
+#else /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
 	this_cpu_write(stack_canary.canary, canary);
 #endif
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline void setup_stack_canary_segment(int cpu)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	unsigned long canary = (unsigned long)&per_cpu(stack_canary, cpu);
 	struct desc_struct *gdt_table = get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu);
 	struct desc_struct desc;
@@ -100,7 +109,7 @@ static inline void setup_stack_canary_segment(int cpu)
 
 static inline void load_stack_canary_segment(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	asm("mov %0, %%gs" : : "r" (__KERNEL_STACK_CANARY) : "memory");
 #endif
 }
@@ -116,7 +125,7 @@ static inline void setup_stack_canary_segment(int cpu)
 
 static inline void load_stack_canary_segment(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	asm volatile ("mov %0, %%gs" : : "r" (0));
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 168543d077d7..bd6d7beffc1c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ static void __used common(void)
 {
 	BLANK();
 	OFFSET(TASK_threadsp, task_struct, thread.sp);
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	OFFSET(TASK_stack_canary, task_struct, stack_canary);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
index 82826f2275cc..775b0a7692f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ void foo(void)
 	       offsetof(struct cpu_entry_area, tss.x86_tss.sp1) -
 	       offsetofend(struct cpu_entry_area, entry_stack_page.stack));
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	BLANK();
 	OFFSET(stack_canary_offset, stack_canary, canary);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c
index ddced33184b5..5bb1247afd6b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ int main(void)
 	OFFSET(TSS_ist, tss_struct, x86_tss.ist);
 	BLANK();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	DEFINE(stack_canary_offset, offsetof(union irq_stack_union, stack_canary));
 	BLANK();
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index cb28e98a0659..70aaf94fcf26 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1613,7 +1613,8 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_current_top_of_stack) =
 	(unsigned long)&init_thread_union + THREAD_SIZE;
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_current_top_of_stack);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct stack_canary, stack_canary);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 30f9cb2c0b55..6afa948d211a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ ENDPROC(startup_32_smp)
  */
 __INIT
 setup_once:
-#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
+#if defined(CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR) && \
+	!defined(CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR)
 	/*
 	 * Configure the stack canary. The linker can't handle this by
 	 * relocation.  Manually set base address in stack canary
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 90ae0ca51083..582113ffb011 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_tss_rw);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, __tss_limit_invalid);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(__tss_limit_invalid);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_GLOBAL_STACKPROTECTOR
+unsigned long __stack_chk_guard __read_mostly;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__stack_chk_guard);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * this gets called so that we can store lazy state into memory and copy the
  * current task into the new thread.
