diff --git a/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk b/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
index c4d487c7db..beb8909088 100644
--- a/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
+++ b/package/proxychains-ng/proxychains-ng.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ PROXYCHAINS_NG_CPE_ID_VENDOR = proxychains-ng_project
 
 define PROXYCHAINS_NG_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	cd $(@D) && \
-	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -fPIC" \
+		./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
 endef
 
 define PROXYCHAINS_NG_BUILD_CMDS