diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk
index 51cc597a6b..a94733e448 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_SECTION="rsyslog"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="librelp"
 PKG_LONGDESC="librelp"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-tls \
                            --enable-static --disable-shared \