diff --git a/packages/audio/libsndfile/package.mk b/packages/audio/libsndfile/package.mk
index a767c6637a..3e6e5ea681 100644
--- a/packages/audio/libsndfile/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/libsndfile/package.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared \
                            --disable-experimental \
                            --disable-test-coverage \
                            --enable-largefile \
-                           --with-gnu-ld"
+                           --with-gnu-ld \
+                           --with-pic"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/audio/sbc/package.mk b/packages/audio/sbc/package.mk
index c4337f4865..16352dbf6d 100644
--- a/packages/audio/sbc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/sbc/package.mk
@@ -30,5 +30,11 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="standalone SBC library"
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared \
-         --disable-tools --disable-tester"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static \
+                           --disable-shared \
+                           --disable-tools \
+                           --disable-tester"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
diff --git a/packages/audio/soxr/package.mk b/packages/audio/soxr/package.mk
index 0a212238b5..2f6ed43025 100644
--- a/packages/audio/soxr/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/soxr/package.mk
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DHAVE_WORDS_BIGENDIAN_EXITCODE=1 \
                        -DBUILD_TESTS=0 \
                        -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=1 \
                        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
diff --git a/packages/databases/sqlite/package.mk b/packages/databases/sqlite/package.mk
index 2a3d24d5d8..ef3a7255c9 100644
--- a/packages/databases/sqlite/package.mk
+++ b/packages/databases/sqlite/package.mk
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 # mmap_size pragma.
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DSQLITE_TEMP_STORE=3 -DSQLITE_DEFAULT_MMAP_SIZE=268435456"
 
+# libsqlite3.a(sqlite3.o): requires dynamic R_X86_64_PC32 reloc against 'sqlite3_stricmp' which may overflow at runtime
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+
 pre_make_target() {
   # dont build parallel
   MAKEFLAGS=-j1
diff --git a/packages/devel/netbsd-curses/package.mk b/packages/devel/netbsd-curses/package.mk
index 407fd69158..f9e9596763 100644
--- a/packages/devel/netbsd-curses/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/netbsd-curses/package.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="netbsd-libcurses portable edition"
 PKG_LONGDESC="netbsd-libcurses portable edition"
 
+pre_make_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
+
 make_target() {
   make HOSTCC="$HOST_CC" PREFIX=/usr all-static
 }
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index 13fa25ed4a..22f4228da0 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no \
                            --with-curses \
                            --without-purify"
 
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
+
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/readline
 }
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk
index 7af10e561d..ad03b10e66 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/rtmpdump/package.mk
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ make_target() {
        SHARED=no \
        CRYPTO="OPENSSL" \
        OPT="" \
-       XCFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
+       XCFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC" \
        XLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
        XLIBS="-lm"
 }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ makeinstall_target() {
        SHARED=no \
        CRYPTO="OPENSSL" \
        OPT="" \
-       XCFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
+       XCFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC" \
        XLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
        XLIBS="-lm" \
        install
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ makeinstall_target() {
        SHARED=no \
        CRYPTO="OPENSSL" \
        OPT="" \
-       XCFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
+       XCFLAGS="$CFLAGS -FPIC" \
        XLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
        XLIBS="-lm" \
        install
diff --git a/packages/security/libgpg-error/package.mk b/packages/security/libgpg-error/package.mk
index 57d3c96c01..780f8f4628 100644
--- a/packages/security/libgpg-error/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/libgpg-error/package.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="This is a library that defines common error values for all GnuPG c
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="CC_FOR_BUILD=$HOST_CC --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-nls --disable-rpath --with-gnu-ld"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="CC_FOR_BUILD=$HOST_CC --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-nls --disable-rpath --with-gnu-ld --with-pic"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
 # inspired by openembedded
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
index e91e188781..3c35da3d1a 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/package.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
                            ac_cv_path_UMOUNT_PATH="/usr/bin/umount"
                            KMOD=/usr/bin/kmod \
                            --disable-nls \
+                           --disable-lto \
                            --disable-dbus \
                            --disable-utmp \
                            --disable-coverage \
diff --git a/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk b/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk
index c38edafd0c..cbc36b7268 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/tinyxml/package.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="TinyXML is a simple, small, C++ XML parser that can be easily inte
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared --with-pic"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"