diff --git a/package/liblinear/liblinear.mk b/package/liblinear/liblinear.mk
index 296aa019ad..38aaefca44 100644
--- a/package/liblinear/liblinear.mk
+++ b/package/liblinear/liblinear.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIBLINEAR_SITE = http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/liblinear/$(LIBLINEAR_VERSION
 LIBLINEAR_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 LIBLINEAR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBLINEAR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBLINEAR_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 # $1: destination directory
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ define LIBLINEAR_INSTALL_SHARED
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/liblinear.so.2 $(1)/usr/lib/liblinear.so.2
 	ln -sf liblinear.so.2 $(1)/usr/lib/liblinear.so
 endef
+LIBLINEAR_CFLAGS += -fPIC
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),y)
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ endef
 endif
 
 define LIBLINEAR_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) \
+	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) CFLAGS="$(LIBLINEAR_CFLAGS)" -C $(@D) \
 		$(if $(BR2_SHARED_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),lib) \
 		$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),static-lib)
 endef