diff --git a/src/native/hardening/BinaryHardeningParsers.test.ts b/src/native/hardening/BinaryHardeningParsers.test.ts
index 5efc51d5ba..d92673743a 100644
--- a/src/native/hardening/BinaryHardeningParsers.test.ts
+++ b/src/native/hardening/BinaryHardeningParsers.test.ts
@@ -1108,6 +1108,19 @@ it("cites a non-ASCII import name by its source bytes", () => {
   expect(bytes.subarray(at, at + 7).toString("latin1")).toBe(name);
 });
 
+it("treats the __chk_fail handler import as a FORTIFY sign", () => {
+  const bytes = elfHardeningFixture({
+    fortify: true,
+    fortifyName: "__chk_fail",
+  });
+  const image = readElfHardening(bytes);
+  const row = findRow(image.rows, "fortify");
+  expect(row).toMatchObject({ state: "enabled", location: { bytes: 10 } });
+  expect(row.basis).toContain("__chk_fail");
+  const at = row.location?.offset ?? 0;
+  expect(bytes.subarray(at, at + 10).toString("latin1")).toBe("__chk_fail");
+});
+
 it("keeps malformed name offsets malformed in both formats", async () => {
   await expect(
     readMachoHardening(machoHardeningFixture({ brokenStrx: true })),
diff --git a/src/native/hardening/ElfHardening.ts b/src/native/hardening/ElfHardening.ts
index 46f6d54b48..23a64065cf 100644
--- a/src/native/hardening/ElfHardening.ts
+++ b/src/native/hardening/ElfHardening.ts
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ export const readElfHardening = (
       symbols,
       (name) =>
         name === "__fortify_fail" ||
+        name === "__chk_fail" ||
         (name.startsWith("__") && name.endsWith("_chk")),
       "No fortify symbol was found in the dynamic symbol table. A static or stripped image can omit those imports while still using FORTIFY.",
       "The dynamic symbol table is absent, so FORTIFY use is unknown.",