diff --git a/package/libmodsecurity/libmodsecurity.mk b/package/libmodsecurity/libmodsecurity.mk
index 66e7e522a1..be46eb6e02 100644
--- a/package/libmodsecurity/libmodsecurity.mk
+++ b/package/libmodsecurity/libmodsecurity.mk
@@ -52,4 +52,14 @@ else
 LIBMODSECURITY_CONF_OPTS += --without-maxmind
 endif
 
+LIBMODSECURITY_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)
+
+# m68k_cf can't use -fPIC that libmodsecurity forces to use, so we need
+# to disable it to avoid a build failure.
+ifeq ($(BR2_m68k_cf),y)
+LIBMODSECURITY_CXXFLAGS += -fno-PIC
+endif
+
+LIBMODSECURITY_CONF_OPTS += CXXFLAGS="$(LIBMODSECURITY_CXXFLAGS)"
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))