diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_stack_protector.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_stack_protector.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <arch_helpers.h>
+#include <platform.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define RANDOM_CANARY_VALUE ((u_register_t) 3288484550995823360ULL)
+
+u_register_t plat_get_stack_protector_canary(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Ideally, a random number should be returned instead of the
+	 * combination of a timer's value and a compile-time constant.
+	 * As the virt platform does not have any random number generator,
+	 * this is better than nothing but not necessarily really secure.
+	 */
+	return RANDOM_CANARY_VALUE ^ read_cntpct_el0();
+}
+