diff --git a/devel/dcmtk/Makefile b/devel/dcmtk/Makefile
index b5148702b477..490f31f91c11 100644
--- a/devel/dcmtk/Makefile
+++ b/devel/dcmtk/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-CFLAGS=		-D__BSD_VISIBLE
+CFLAGS=		-D__BSD_VISIBLE -fPIC
 CPPFLAGS=	${CFLAGS}
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-libpnginc=${LOCALBASE}/include \