diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3e45d5a..f11452c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pcsc-lite (1.8.16-1) unstable; urgency=medium
   * debian/control: fix lintian warning vcs-field-uses-insecure-uri vcs-browser
     Use https:// instead of http://
   * debian/control: Standards-Version: 3.9.6 -> 3.9.7. No change needed.
+  * debian/rules: use "hardening=+all" to harden even more the binaries
 
  -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 17:28:29 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3d3efed..bb50c6d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS),hurd)
   EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-usb
 endif
 
+export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --with systemd,autoreconf --parallel