diff --git a/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri b/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
index 52fc91dea..5030d6ee7 100644
--- a/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
+++ b/plugins/Common/retroshare_plugin.pri
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ win32 {
 	QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wextra
 	QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wextra
 
+	CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
+	} else {
+		# Tell linker to use ASLR protection
+		QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-dynamicbase
+		# Tell linker to use DEP protection
+		QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-nxcompat
+	}
+
 	# solve linker warnings because of the order of the libraries
 	QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,--start-group
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
index 83a7ddd99..b561a119b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui.pro
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ win32 {
 	QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wextra
 	QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wextra
 
+	CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
+	} else {
+		# Tell linker to use ASLR protection
+		QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-dynamicbase
+		# Tell linker to use DEP protection
+		QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-nxcompat
+	}
+
 	# solve linker warnings because of the order of the libraries
 	QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,--start-group
 
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
index d9fe77a1a..b3c2c0bd6 100644
--- a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ win32 {
 	# solve linker warnings because of the order of the libraries
 	QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,--start-group
 
+	CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
+	} else {
+		# Tell linker to use ASLR protection
+		QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-dynamicbase
+		# Tell linker to use DEP protection
+		QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-nxcompat
+	}
+
 	for(lib, LIB_DIR):LIBS += -L"$$lib"
 	LIBS += -lssl -lcrypto -lpthread -lminiupnpc -lz
 	LIBS += -lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32