diff --git a/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk b/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk
index 9230b9854c..d6af79ddfe 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr
 }