diff --git a/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk
index ff354d4e6b..1e2282cae1 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/libevdev/package.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared --enable-static"
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
 }