diff --git a/media-libs/libbpg/files/libbpg-0.9.8-add-fpic.patch b/media-libs/libbpg/files/libbpg-0.9.8-add-fpic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cc647666c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libbpg/files/libbpg-0.9.8-add-fpic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 3a8db4c..eaccfd8 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ LIBBPG_JS8_OBJS:=$(patsubst %.o, %.js8.o, $(LIBBPG_OBJS)) tmalloc.js8.o
+ 
+ LIBBPG_JS8A_OBJS:=$(patsubst %.o, %.js8a.o, $(LIBBPG_OBJS)) tmalloc.js8a.o
+ 
+-$(LIBBPG_OBJS): CFLAGS+=-D_ISOC99_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -DUSE_VAR_BIT_DEPTH -DUSE_PRED
++$(LIBBPG_OBJS): CFLAGS+=-D_ISOC99_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -DUSE_VAR_BIT_DEPTH -DUSE_PRED -fPIC
+ 
+ $(LIBBPG_JS_OBJS): EMCFLAGS+=-D_ISOC99_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112 -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -DHAVE_AV_CONFIG_H -std=c99 -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -DUSE_VAR_BIT_DEPTH
+ 
diff --git a/media-libs/libbpg/libbpg-0.9.8.ebuild b/media-libs/libbpg/libbpg-0.9.8.ebuild
index e55afb24dd..6092cdf721 100644
--- a/media-libs/libbpg/libbpg-0.9.8.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libbpg/libbpg-0.9.8.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-remove-forced-options.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-dont-strip-bins.patch
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-add-chost.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-add-fpic.patch
 )
 
 DEPEND=""