diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/env/hardened.conf b/conf/intel/portage/env/hardened.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4492b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/env/hardened.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This configuration assumes the default profile is -vanilla
+GCC_SPECS=""
diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.env.amd64 b/conf/intel/portage/package.env.amd64
index 3e2ecb6..50cfcb0 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.env.amd64
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.env.amd64
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ sys-kernel/linux-xen-domU disable.debug.conf
 # as of 05/jan/2012 disable graphite on it
 dev-util/nvidia-cuda-sdk nographite.amd64.conf
 dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit nographite.amd64.conf
+
+# Enable hardening
+sys-libs/glibc hardened.conf
diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.env.x86 b/conf/intel/portage/package.env.x86
index 5192308..208b014 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.env.x86
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.env.x86
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ sys-kernel/linux-xen-domU disable.debug.conf
 dev-util/nvidia-cuda-sdk nographite.x86.conf
 dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit nographite.x86.conf
 
+# Enable hardening
+sys-libs/glibc hardened.conf