diff --git a/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh b/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh
index 280b92c40ca41aaed9bd119949e2d338f2637688..c2215ca7f4e4b4b76a0d4588f0853cf01e8e56cd 100644
--- a/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh
+++ b/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh
@@ -3912,7 +3912,7 @@ fi
 #CUSTOM_AUTOCONF_INCLUDE
 
 # Do not change or remove the following line, it is needed for consistency checks:
-DATE_WHEN_GENERATED=1500960571
+DATE_WHEN_GENERATED=1515659624
 
 ###############################################################################
 #
@@ -30178,9 +30178,10 @@ $as_echo "$supports" >&6; }
         LDFLAGS_JDK="${LDFLAGS_JDK} -Xlinker --hash-style=both "
       fi
       if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xlinux; then
-        # And since we now know that the linker is gnu, then add -z defs, to forbid
-        # undefined symbols in object files.
-        LDFLAGS_JDK="${LDFLAGS_JDK} -Xlinker -z -Xlinker defs"
+        # And since we now know that the linker is gnu, then add:
+        #   -z defs, to forbid undefined symbols in object files
+        #   -z noexecstack, to mark stack regions as non-executable
+        LDFLAGS_JDK="${LDFLAGS_JDK} -Xlinker -z -Xlinker defs -Xlinker -z -Xlinker noexecstack"
         if test "x$DEBUG_LEVEL" = "xrelease"; then
           # When building release libraries, tell the linker optimize them.
           # Should this be supplied to the OSS linker as well?
diff --git a/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4 b/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4
index 1af8fa33d8775d403e7086c018db0ce4960f3710..f8f32a3f850882bd1bc03d7660edeb4c78c22a0c 100644
--- a/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4
+++ b/common/autoconf/toolchain.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1211,9 +1211,10 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([TOOLCHAIN_SETUP_COMPILER_FLAGS_FOR_JDK],
         LDFLAGS_JDK="${LDFLAGS_JDK} -Xlinker --hash-style=both "
       fi
       if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xlinux; then
-        # And since we now know that the linker is gnu, then add -z defs, to forbid
-        # undefined symbols in object files.
-        LDFLAGS_JDK="${LDFLAGS_JDK} -Xlinker -z -Xlinker defs"
+        # And since we now know that the linker is gnu, then add:
+        #   -z defs, to forbid undefined symbols in object files
+        #   -z noexecstack, to mark stack regions as non-executable
+        LDFLAGS_JDK="${LDFLAGS_JDK} -Xlinker -z -Xlinker defs -Xlinker -z -Xlinker noexecstack"
         if test "x$DEBUG_LEVEL" = "xrelease"; then
           # When building release libraries, tell the linker optimize them.
           # Should this be supplied to the OSS linker as well?