diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
index 8f96f217c3..f575bc2ee9 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-ada \
 pre_configure_target() {
   # causes some segmentation fault's (dialog) when compiled with gcc's link time optimization.
   strip_lto
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {