diff --git a/utils/genrandconfig b/utils/genrandconfig
index d6b7fd56b7..54d66e40d7 100755
--- a/utils/genrandconfig
+++ b/utils/genrandconfig
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ def gen_config(args):
         configlines.append("BR2_OPTIMIZE_2=y\n")
     if randint(0, 4) == 0:
         configlines.append("BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS=y\n")
+    if randInt(0, 4) == 0:
+        configlines.append("BR2_PIC_PIE=y\n")
 
     # Randomly enable BR2_REPRODUCIBLE 10% of times
     # also enable tar filesystem images for testing