diff --git a/packages/audio/fluidsynth/package.mk b/packages/audio/fluidsynth/package.mk
index 2a59d2c432..248f5c26bd 100644
--- a/packages/audio/fluidsynth/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/fluidsynth/package.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_SECTION="audio"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="FluidSynth: A SoundFont Synthesizer."
 PKG_LONGDESC="FluidSynth renders midi music files as raw audio data, for playing or conversion. "
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
 PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=0 \
                        -Denable-readline=0 \