diff --git a/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk b/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk
index 2b65b585976..6f1b9cd7c65 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libxcb_util.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $(package)_dependencies=libxcb
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts = --disable-shared --disable-devel-docs --without-doxygen
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
-$(package)_cflags += -fPIC
+$(package)_config_opts += --with-pic
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds