diff --git a/packages/sysutils/keyutils/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/keyutils/package.mk
index 7e107da709..8537675bbb 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/keyutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/keyutils/package.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="keyutils: Linux Key Management Utilities"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Keyutils is a set of utilities for managing the key retention facility in the kernel."
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
 PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="NO_ARLIB=0 NO_SOLIB=1 BINDIR=/usr/bin SBINDIR=/usr/sbin LIBDIR=/usr/lib USRLIBDIR=/usr/lib"
 PKG_MAKEINSTALL_OPTS_TARGET="$PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET"