diff --git a/srcpkgs/polyml/template b/srcpkgs/polyml/template
index 3c1ff9cb662..9cc75eafbc5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polyml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polyml/template
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-system-libffi --enable-shared"
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686-musl|x86_64-musl) nopie=yes ;;  # crash in do_relocs else
+	i686-musl|x86_64-musl)
+		# musl doesn't allow writing to .rodata and .text during
+		# relocation, but polyexport.o contains DT_TEXTREL
+		# since libpolyml/elfexport.cpp only creates absolute
+		# relocations.  Drop PIE and do relocations at link time.
+		nopie=yes;;
 	i686*|x86_64*) ;;
 	*) configure_args+=" --disable-native-codegeneration" ;;
 esac