diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4375650c..e7342142 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+bindnow
 DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
 include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 CXXFLAGS+=$(CPPFLAGS)