diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/flatbuffers/flatbuffers_1.11.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/flatbuffers/flatbuffers_1.11.0.bb
index bd6dcef..529441d 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/flatbuffers/flatbuffers_1.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/flatbuffers/flatbuffers_1.11.0.bb
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
           "
 
 # Make sure C++11 is used, required for example for GCC 4.9
-CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++11"
-BUILD_CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++11"
+CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++11 -fPIC"
+BUILD_CXXFLAGS += "-std=c++11 -fPIC"
 
 # BUILD_TYPE=Release is required, otherwise flatc is not installed
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "\