diff --git a/src/libsodium/crypto_stream/salsa20/amd64_xmm6/stream_salsa20_amd64_xmm6.s b/src/libsodium/crypto_stream/salsa20/amd64_xmm6/stream_salsa20_amd64_xmm6.s
index 9fb04066..c96f7109 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/crypto_stream/salsa20/amd64_xmm6/stream_salsa20_amd64_xmm6.s
+++ b/src/libsodium/crypto_stream/salsa20/amd64_xmm6/stream_salsa20_amd64_xmm6.s
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 #if defined(__amd64) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 
 .text
@@ -945,3 +944,7 @@ add  $64,%rsi
 jmp ._bytesbetween1and255
 
 #endif
+
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(__ELF__)
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",%progbits
+#endif