diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b8cb4f2812..0df416ae3b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ dnl this flag screws up non-darwin gcc even when the check fails. special-case i
 if test x$TARGET_OS = xdarwin; then
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-dead_strip]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip"])
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs]], [LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs"])
+  AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-bind_at_load]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,-bind_at_load"])
 fi
 
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h sys/endian.h byteswap.h stdio.h stdlib.h unistd.h strings.h sys/types.h sys/stat.h sys/select.h sys/prctl.h sys/sysctl.h vm/vm_param.h sys/vmmeter.h sys/resources.h])