diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libdvbcsa/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/libdvbcsa/package.mk
index 93db8dc55e..16ec77f174 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/libdvbcsa/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libdvbcsa/package.mk
@@ -50,5 +50,7 @@ fi
 pre_configure_target() {
 # libdvbcsa is a bit faster without LTO, and tests will fail with gcc-5.x
   strip_lto
+
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
 }