diff --git a/package/numactl/numactl.mk b/package/numactl/numactl.mk
index 4d3ceeb6c7..6fa05dca69 100644
--- a/package/numactl/numactl.mk
+++ b/package/numactl/numactl.mk
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ NUMACTL_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1 (libnuma), GPL-2.0 (programs)
 NUMACTL_LICENSE_FILES = README.md
 NUMACTL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NUMACTL_AUTORECONF = YES
+NUMACTL_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC"
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))