diff --git a/executer/user/CMakeLists.txt b/executer/user/CMakeLists.txt
index c53dc9d9..d7a0de9a 100644
--- a/executer/user/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/executer/user/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ else()
 	target_link_libraries(mcinspect ${LIBDWARF})
 endif()
 target_link_libraries(mcinspect ${LIBBFD})
+set_property(TARGET mcinspect PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+set_property(TARGET mcinspect PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "-fPIE -pie")
 
 add_executable(eclair eclair.c arch/${ARCH}/arch-eclair.c)
 target_link_libraries(eclair ${LIBBFD})
+set_property(TARGET eclair PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+set_property(TARGET eclair PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "-fPIE -pie")
 
 add_library(sched_yield SHARED libsched_yield.c)
 target_link_libraries(sched_yield dl)
diff --git a/scripts/mckernel.spec.in b/scripts/mckernel.spec.in
index 3303d841..9d51c637 100644
--- a/scripts/mckernel.spec.in
+++ b/scripts/mckernel.spec.in
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ This package contains headers and libraries required for build apps using IHK/Mc
 
 # We need to remove ld flags like relro for the final mckernel.img link, as well as remove cflags for mckernel
 # ideally mckernel should use different environment variables for the user tools and the kernel tools altogether...
+%undefine _hardened_build
+%define build_ldflags ""
 %define __global_ldflags ""
 %define optflags -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -mtune=generic