diff --git a/scripts/Bootstrap/gettext/build b/scripts/Bootstrap/gettext/build
index 9409c14..f4a2685 100755
--- a/scripts/Bootstrap/gettext/build
+++ b/scripts/Bootstrap/gettext/build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function em.configure() {
 		      --without-libiconv-prefix \
 		      --without-libintl-prefix \
 		      --with-included-libxml \
+		      --with-pic=yes \
 	|| exit 1
 }