diff --git a/core/zlib/build b/core/zlib/build
index 01090e82..2426a8e7 100755
--- a/core/zlib/build
+++ b/core/zlib/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --libdir=/usr/lib \