diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/libxcb/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/libxcb/package.mk
index b683444468..22caba3099 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/libxcb/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/libxcb/package.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
 pre_configure_target() {
   PYTHON_LIBDIR="`ls -d $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/python*`"
   PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=`ls -d $PYTHON_LIBDIR/site-packages`
+
   PKG_CONFIG="$PKG_CONFIG --define-variable=pythondir=$PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN_PATH"
   PKG_CONFIG="$PKG_CONFIG --define-variable=xcbincludedir=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/xcb"
+
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
 }