diff --git a/packages/compress/bzip2/build b/packages/compress/bzip2/build
index 5014f83aff..373c05c441 100755
--- a/packages/compress/bzip2/build
+++ b/packages/compress/bzip2/build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 sed -e "s,ln -s (lib.*),ln -snf \$$1; ln -snf libbz2.so.$PKG_VERSION libbz2.so,g" -i Makefile-libbz2_so
 
-make CC=$TARGET_CC RANLIB=$TARGET_RANLIB AR=$TARGET_AR -f Makefile-libbz2_so
+make CC=$TARGET_CC RANLIB=$TARGET_RANLIB AR=$TARGET_AR CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC" -f Makefile-libbz2_so
 ln -snf libbz2.so.1.0 libbz2.so
 
 mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include