diff --git a/package/base/bzip2/fpic.patch b/package/base/bzip2/fpic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8935e8735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/bzip2/fpic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN bzip2-1.0.2-orig/Makefile bzip2-1.0.2/Makefile
+--- bzip2-1.0.2-orig/Makefile	2004-11-07 04:19:14.950033312 +0100
++++ bzip2-1.0.2/Makefile	2004-11-07 04:20:26.998080344 +0100
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ 
+ # Suitably paranoid flags to avoid bugs in gcc-2.7
+ BIGFILES=-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+-CFLAGS=-Wall -Winline -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce $(BIGFILES)
++CFLAGS=-Wall -Winline -fPIC -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce $(BIGFILES)
+ 
+ # Where you want it installed when you do 'make install'
+ PREFIX=/usr