diff --git a/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/900-configure-hardening.patch b/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/900-configure-hardening.patch
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/network/services/dropbear/patches/900-configure-hardening.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -70,53 +70,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(harden,
+ 
+ if test "$hardenbuild" -eq 1; then
+ 	AC_MSG_NOTICE(Checking for available hardened build flags:)
+-	# relocation flags don't make sense for static builds
+-	if test "$STATIC" -ne 1; then
+-		# pie
+-		DB_TRYADDCFLAGS([-fPIE])
+-
+-		OLDLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+-		TESTFLAGS="-Wl,-pie"
+-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
+-		AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])], 
+-			[AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $TESTFLAGS])], 
+-			[
+-				LDFLAGS="$OLDLDFLAGS"
+-				TESTFLAGS="-pie"
+-				LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
+-				AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])], 
+-					[AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $TESTFLAGS])], 
+-					[AC_MSG_NOTICE([Not setting $TESTFLAGS]); LDFLAGS="$OLDLDFLAGS" ]
+-					)
+-			]
+-			)
+-		# readonly elf relocation sections (relro)
+-		OLDLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+-		TESTFLAGS="-Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro"
+-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
+-		AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])], 
+-			[AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $TESTFLAGS])], 
+-			[AC_MSG_NOTICE([Not setting $TESTFLAGS]); LDFLAGS="$OLDLDFLAGS" ]
+-			)
+-	fi # non-static
+-	# stack protector. -strong is good but only in gcc 4.9 or later
+-	OLDCFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+-	TESTFLAGS="-fstack-protector-strong"
+-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
+-	AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])], 
+-	    [AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $TESTFLAGS])], 
+-	    [
+-			CFLAGS="$OLDCFLAGS"
+-			TESTFLAGS="-fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+-			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TESTFLAGS"
+-			AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])], 
+-			    [AC_MSG_NOTICE([Setting $TESTFLAGS])], 
+-			    [AC_MSG_NOTICE([Not setting $TESTFLAGS]); CFLAGS="$OLDCFLAGS" ]
+-			    )
+-	    ]
+-	    )
+-	# FORTIFY_SOURCE
+-	DB_TRYADDCFLAGS([-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2])
+ 
+ 	# Spectre v2 mitigations
+ 	DB_TRYADDCFLAGS([-mfunction-return=thunk])