diff --git a/srcpkgs/chromium/template b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
index 9bb5752c6ac..cb54bfa8b30 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chromium/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ checksum=12135ef890c2bd13b653a06e2a44e8f251a65fe9e91404c792d27e346c5d57c6
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 x86_64-musl"
 lib32disabled=yes
 nodebug=yes
+nopie=yes  # contains tools that are not PIE, enables PIE itself
 
 hostmakedepends="yasm python pkg-config perl gperf bison ninja hwids libatomic-devel"
 makedepends="libpng-devel gtk+-devel nss-devel pciutils-devel