diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9b4b9bd42bb..20358205caf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -964,6 +964,11 @@ if test "$use_hardening" != "no"; then
       ;;
   esac
 
+  case $host in
+    *aarch64*)
+      AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-mbranch-protection=bti], [HARDENED_CXXFLAGS="$HARDENED_CXXFLAGS -mbranch-protection=bti"])
+    ;;
+  esac
 
   dnl When enable_debug is yes, all optimizations are disabled.
   dnl However, FORTIFY_SOURCE requires that there is some level of optimization, otherwise it does nothing and just creates a compiler warning.