diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
index 2768ae15f1879f..73c8a2b184f38b 100755
--- a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@
 		push(@cflags, "-wd4996");
 	} elsif ("$arg" =~ /^-W[a-z]/) {
 		# let's ignore those
+	} elsif ("$arg" eq "-fno-stack-protector") {
+		# eat this
 	} else {
 		push(@args, $arg);
 	}