diff --git a/package/sox/sox.mk b/package/sox/sox.mk
index f4d160876f..61f5220189 100644
--- a/package/sox/sox.mk
+++ b/package/sox/sox.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ SOX_CONF_OPTS = --with-distro="Buildroot" --without-ffmpeg --disable-gomp \
 SOX_LICENSE = GPLv2+ (sox binary), LGPLv2.1+ (libraries)
 SOX_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.GPL LICENSE.LGPL
 
+# MIPS Codescape toolchains don't support stack-smashing protection
+# despite of using glibc.
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESCAPE_IMG_MIPS)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESCAPE_MTI_MIPS),y)
+SOX_CONF_OPTS += --disable-stack-protector
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PCM),y)
 SOX_DEPENDENCIES += alsa-lib
 else