diff --git a/libc/src/compiler/__stack_chk_fail.h b/libc/src/compiler/__stack_chk_fail.h
index 2e3d849ff8c67c..56b6042c37f5df 100644
--- a/libc/src/compiler/__stack_chk_fail.h
+++ b/libc/src/compiler/__stack_chk_fail.h
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 #ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC_COMPILER___STACK_CHK_FAIL_H
 #define LLVM_LIBC_SRC_COMPILER___STACK_CHK_FAIL_H
 
-namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {
-
+// The compiler will emit calls implicitly to a non-namespaced version.
+// TODO: can we additionally provide a namespaced alias so that tests can
+// explicitly call the namespaced variant rather than the non-namespaced
+// definition?
+extern "C" {
 [[noreturn]] void __stack_chk_fail();
-
-} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE
+} // extern "C"
 
 #endif // LLVM_LIBC_SRC_COMPILER___STACK_CHK_FAIL_H
diff --git a/libc/src/compiler/generic/__stack_chk_fail.cpp b/libc/src/compiler/generic/__stack_chk_fail.cpp
index 0ca02071f2a997..639204d29590ab 100644
--- a/libc/src/compiler/generic/__stack_chk_fail.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/compiler/generic/__stack_chk_fail.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 #include "src/__support/OSUtil/io.h"
 #include "src/stdlib/abort.h"
 
-namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE {
+extern "C" {
 
-LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(void, __stack_chk_fail, (void)) {
+void __stack_chk_fail(void) {
   LIBC_NAMESPACE::write_to_stderr("stack smashing detected");
   LIBC_NAMESPACE::abort();
 }
 
-} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE
+} // extern "C"
diff --git a/libc/test/integration/src/unistd/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/test/integration/src/unistd/CMakeLists.txt
index 10aac212af355e..3f18231209512a 100644
--- a/libc/test/integration/src/unistd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/test/integration/src/unistd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ if((${LIBC_TARGET_OS} STREQUAL "linux") AND (${LIBC_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE_IS_X86})
       libc.include.signal
       libc.include.sys_wait
       libc.include.unistd
+      libc.src.compiler.__stack_chk_fail
       libc.src.pthread.pthread_atfork
       libc.src.signal.raise
       libc.src.sys.wait.wait
diff --git a/libc/test/src/compiler/stack_chk_guard_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/compiler/stack_chk_guard_test.cpp
index 1de2d1b7357f70..84c54ddeccc956 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/compiler/stack_chk_guard_test.cpp
+++ b/libc/test/src/compiler/stack_chk_guard_test.cpp
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@
 #include "test/UnitTest/Test.h"
 
 TEST(LlvmLibcStackChkFail, Death) {
-  EXPECT_DEATH([] { LIBC_NAMESPACE::__stack_chk_fail(); },
-               WITH_SIGNAL(SIGABRT));
+  EXPECT_DEATH([] { __stack_chk_fail(); }, WITH_SIGNAL(SIGABRT));
 }
 
 TEST(LlvmLibcStackChkFail, Smash) {
   EXPECT_DEATH(
       [] {
         int arr[20];
-        LIBC_NAMESPACE::memset(arr, 0xAA, 9001);
+        LIBC_NAMESPACE::memset(arr, 0xAA, 2001);
       },
       WITH_SIGNAL(SIGABRT));
 }