diff --git a/packages/devel/pcre/build b/packages/devel/pcre/build
index f3d0c1a1ba..fa99940c24 100755
--- a/packages/devel/pcre/build
+++ b/packages/devel/pcre/build
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 mkdir -p m4 && do_autoreconf