diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/libXdamage/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/libXdamage/package.mk
index 24cdb1c841..a7676b46ff 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/libXdamage/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/libXdamage/package.mk
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}