diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/libXrender/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/libXrender/package.mk
index 45c8b95085..48d7fa9b22 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/libXrender/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/libXrender/package.mk
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared --enable-malloc0returnsnull"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}