diff --git a/vendor/kb_text_shape/src/build_unix.sh b/vendor/kb_text_shape/src/build_unix.sh
index 159aecb52..a76ca408f 100755
--- a/vendor/kb_text_shape/src/build_unix.sh
+++ b/vendor/kb_text_shape/src/build_unix.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 set -e
 
 mkdir -p "../lib"
-cc -O2 -c kb_text_shape.c
+cc -O2 -fPIC -c kb_text_shape.c
 ar -rcs ../lib/kb_text_shape.a kb_text_shape.o
 rm *.o