diff --git a/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk b/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk
index 5ce9b0c26a..96ed84667a 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ PKG_SITE="https://pugixml.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support."
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"