diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index 13fa25ed4a..22f4228da0 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no \
                            --with-curses \
                            --without-purify"
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/readline
 }