diff --git a/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk b/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk
index eec7fa63f9..6b086b1fbb 100644
--- a/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/libdnet/package.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_strlcat=no \
                            --without-python"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
   sed "s|@prefix@|$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr|g" -i $PKG_BUILD/dnet-config.in
 }