diff --git a/recipes/libs/ncurses/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/ncurses/recipe.toml
index ad0affd889..3927d5e6c9 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/ncurses/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/ncurses/recipe.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ patches = [
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --disable-db-install
     --disable-stripping
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" == "1" ]
 then
     COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(--with-shared)
 fi
+export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC"
+export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"
 cookbook_configure
 """
 
diff --git a/recipes/libs/ncursesw/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/ncursesw/recipe.toml
index 355d9d127a..cd65db1ddc 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/ncursesw/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/ncursesw/recipe.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ same_as = "../ncurses"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
+DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --disable-db-install
     --disable-ext-colors
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     cf_cv_func_mkstemp=yes
     cf_cv_wint_t=yes
 )
+# Force PIC compilation - --with-pic alone doesn't always work for static libs
+export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC"
+export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"
 cookbook_configure
 """