diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/lcdd-depends/libugpio/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/lcdd-depends/libugpio/package.mk
index 77c596fc49..71c7b04ffd 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/lcdd-depends/libugpio/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/lcdd-depends/libugpio/package.mk
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ PKG_URL="https://github.com/mhei/$PKG_NAME/archive/v$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A free software library to ease the use of linux kernel's sysfs gpio interface from C programs and/or other libraries"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"