diff --git a/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml
index 71849cfcf..06149f0f8 100644
--- a/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/libs/icu/recipe.toml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ ln -sf mh-linux "${ICU_SRC}/config/mh-unknown"
     --enable-static \
     --disable-shared \
     --with-data-packaging=static \
-    CFLAGS="-DU_HAVE_CHAR16_T=0 -Wno-deprecated-declarations" \
-    CXXFLAGS="-DU_HAVE_CHAR16_T=0 -Wno-deprecated-declarations" \
+    CFLAGS="-DU_HAVE_CHAR16_T=0 -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fPIC" \
+    CXXFLAGS="-DU_HAVE_CHAR16_T=0 -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fPIC" \
     icu_cv_host_frag=mh-linux
 
 make -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"