diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/helpers.c b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/helpers.c
index 08fcfeb75018..5ea6ecebd0db 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/helpers.c
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/runtime/vm/helpers.c
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+// When using _FORTIFY_SOURCE with `longjmp` causes longjmp_chk to be used instead.
+// longjmp_chk ensures that the jump target is on the existing stack. 
+// For our use case of jumping between stacks we need to disable it.
+#undef _FORTIFY_SOURCE
+
 #include <setjmp.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>