diff --git a/scripts/build/debug/100-dmalloc.sh b/scripts/build/debug/100-dmalloc.sh
index fcb6f9df..371c5cd3 100644
--- a/scripts/build/debug/100-dmalloc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/debug/100-dmalloc.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ do_debug_dmalloc_build() {
 
     LD="${CT_TARGET}-ld"                                        \
     AR="${CT_TARGET}-ar"                                        \
+    CFLAGS=-fPIC                                                \
     CT_DoExecLog ALL                                            \
     "${CT_SRC_DIR}/dmalloc-${CT_DMALLOC_VERSION}/configure"     \
         --prefix=/usr                                           \