diff --git a/bl31/bl31.mk b/bl31/bl31.mk
index c9ba926..10feae1 100644
--- a/bl31/bl31.mk
+++ b/bl31/bl31.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
 BL31_SOURCES		+=	lib/extensions/mpam/mpam.c
 endif
 
+ifeq (${ENABLE_PAUTH},1)
+BL31_CFLAGS		+=	-msign-return-address=non-leaf
+endif
+
 ifeq (${WORKAROUND_CVE_2017_5715},1)
 BL31_SOURCES		+=	lib/cpus/aarch64/wa_cve_2017_5715_bpiall.S	\
 				lib/cpus/aarch64/wa_cve_2017_5715_mmu.S