diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c
index 84360c4cd0f..31a53711686 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 *******************************************************************************
 *
-*   Copyright (C) 1999-2005, International Business Machines
+*   Copyright (C) 1999-2006, International Business Machines
 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
 *
 *******************************************************************************
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static const struct AssemblyType {
 } assemblyHeader[] = {
     {"gcc",
         ".globl %s\n"
+        "\t.section .note.GNU-stack,\"\",@progbits\n"
         "\t.section .rodata\n"
         "\t.align 8\n" /* Either align 8 bytes or 2^8 (256) bytes. 8 bytes is needed. */
         "\t.type %s,@object\n"