diff --git a/recipes/live555/live555.inc b/recipes/live555/live555.inc
index 14e97bb..6de57cb 100644
--- a/recipes/live555/live555.inc
+++ b/recipes/live555/live555.inc
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ TARGET_CC_ARCH += "${LDFLAGS}"

 do_configure() {
     cp ${WORKDIR}/config.linux-cross .
+    echo "COMPILE_OPTS+=" -fPIC "" >> config.linux-cross
     ./genMakefiles linux-cross
 }