diff --git a/srcpkgs/c-ares/template b/srcpkgs/c-ares/template
index 9da49d2de17..28d64ab0721 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/c-ares/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/c-ares/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'c-ares'
 pkgname=c-ares
 version=1.10.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="C library that performs DNS requests and name resolves asynchronously"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ homepage="http://c-ares.haxx.se/"
 distfiles="http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=3d701674615d1158e56a59aaede7891f2dde3da0f46a6d3c684e0ae70f52d3db
 
+pre_configure() {
+	case "$CFLAGS" in
+	*"-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"*)
+		CFLAGS=${CFLAGS/-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2/}
+		CPPFLAGS+=" -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
+	esac
+}
+
 c-ares-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	pkg_install() {