diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
index 0e9d7bfb9a..2301c708df 100755
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O3|-O2|"`
   CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O3|-O2|"`
 
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \