diff --git a/srcpkgs/otpw/template b/srcpkgs/otpw/template
index ab4fbc7e516..8d9d799bba6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/otpw/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/otpw/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ checksum=98aca38a61c7713677b96f24426ca7053480c0fd077d91b1e99bc9f92ccb832a
 
 do_build() {
 	sed -i "/ld --shared/s,ld,$LD," Makefile
-	make CC=$CC LD=$LD CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ${makejobs}
+	make CC=$CC LD=$LD CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ${makejobs}
 }
 do_install() {
 	vinstall pam_otpw.so 755 /usr/lib/security