diff --git i/xed_build_common.py w/xed_build_common.py
index 6d2d2d01..25bb3e45 100755
--- i/xed_build_common.py
+++ w/xed_build_common.py
@@ -137,12 +137,17 @@ def gnu_secured_build(env: dict) -> str:
             # Generates position-independent code during the compilation phase
             flags += ' -fPIC'
             if not env['debug']:
-                ### Stack and Heap Overlap Protection ###
-                # Enables Read-Only Relocation (RELRO) and Immediate Binding protections
-                env.add_to_var('LINKFLAGS','-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now')
-                ### Inexecutable Stack ###
-                # Specifies that the stack memory should be marked as non-executable
-                env.add_to_var('LINKFLAGS','-z noexecstack')
+                if env.on_mac():
+                    # Modern macOS protects relocations and the stack by default,
+                    # and doesn't support the link flags in the else clause.
+                    env.add_to_var('LINKFLAGS','-Wl,-bind_at_load')
+                else:
+                    ### Stack and Heap Overlap Protection ###
+                    # Enables Read-Only Relocation (RELRO) and Immediate Binding protections
+                    env.add_to_var('LINKFLAGS','-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now')
+                    ### Inexecutable Stack ###
+                    # Specifies that the stack memory should be marked as non-executable
+                    env.add_to_var('LINKFLAGS','-z noexecstack')
         else:  # Windows
             # Enables Data Execution Prevention (DEP) for executables.
             env.add_to_var('LINKFLAGS','-Wl,-nxcompat')