diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c27ab870d..13151b9001 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ if(CONFIG_COMPILER_DUMP_RTL_FILES)
     list(APPEND compile_options "-fdump-rtl-expand")
 endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 15.0)
+    list(APPEND c_compile_options "-fzero-init-padding-bits=all")
+endif()
+
 __generate_prefix_map(prefix_map_compile_options)
 list(APPEND compile_options ${prefix_map_compile_options})