diff --git a/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk b/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk
index f883931671..e979336b74 100644
--- a/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr
 }