Index: external/libpagemaker/ExternalProject_libpagemaker.mk
--- external/libpagemaker/ExternalProject_libpagemaker.mk.orig
+++ external/libpagemaker/ExternalProject_libpagemaker.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ $(call gb_ExternalProject_get_state_target,libpagemake
 			--disable-weffc \
 			$(if $(verbose),--disable-silent-rules,--enable-silent-rules) \
 			CXXFLAGS="$(gb_CXXFLAGS) $(call gb_ExternalProject_get_build_flags,libpagemaker)" \
-			CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS) $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS)" \
+			CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS) -fPIC $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS)" \
 			LDFLAGS="$(call gb_ExternalProject_get_link_flags,libpagemaker)" \
 			$(gb_CONFIGURE_PLATFORMS) \
 		&& $(MAKE) \
