diff --git a/packages/multimedia/aom/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/aom/package.mk
index 220e0c7a98..1793da35aa 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/aom/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/aom/package.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PKG_SITE="https://www.webmproject.org"
 PKG_URL="http://repo.or.cz/aom.git/snapshot/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="AV1 Codec Library"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
 PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DENABLE_CCACHE=1 \
                        -DENABLE_DOCS=0 \