diff --git a/packages/wayland/mtdev/package.mk b/packages/wayland/mtdev/package.mk
index 82f9fcc40b..b06e610887 100644
--- a/packages/wayland/mtdev/package.mk
+++ b/packages/wayland/mtdev/package.mk
@@ -31,4 +31,8 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="The mtdev is a stand-alone library which transforms all variants o
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
\ No newline at end of file
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}