diff --git a/package/zlib/Makefile b/package/zlib/Makefile
index 293462528f1fc3097757bec37ea509ebc34c73b9..19dc3e65b12a1e95f01b489df0cca146b7b3d562 100644
--- a/package/zlib/Makefile
+++ b/package/zlib/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=zlib
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.zlib.net @SF/zlib
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ define Build/Configure
 	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 		LDSHARED="$(TARGET_CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,libz.so.1" \
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_LARGEFILE)" \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CFLAGS_LARGEFILE)" \
 		UNAME_S="Linux" \
 		./configure \
 			--prefix=/usr \
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endef
 define Build/Compile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_LARGEFILE)" \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CFLAGS_LARGEFILE)" \
 		libz.a libz.so
 	mkdir -p $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \