diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/libgpiod/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libgpiod/package.mk
similarity index 96%
rename from packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/libgpiod/package.mk
rename to packages/addons/addon-depends/libgpiod/package.mk
index 40862af937..781b8420bb 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/libgpiod/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libgpiod/package.mk
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git/snapshot/libg
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Tools for interacting with the linux GPIO character device."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
+
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-tools --disable-shared"