diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu/template b/srcpkgs/icu/template
index a05d0a7d35a..2d5dea2ab02 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/icu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #       next soname bump.
 pkgname=icu
 version=69.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc=icu
 build_wrksrc=source
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ homepage="https://home.unicode.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${version//./-}/icu4c-${version//./_}-src.tgz"
 checksum=4cba7b7acd1d3c42c44bb0c14be6637098c7faf2b330ce876bc5f3b915d09745
 
+CFLAGS=-fPIC
+CXXFLAGS=-fPIC
+
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --with-cross-build=${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/${wrksrc}/host-icu"
 fi