diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/icecat-3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/icecat-3/default.nix
index 194506263482..95f4f4ab77fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/icecat-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/icecat-3/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "--disable-crashreporter"
   ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -fPIC"'';
+
   postInstall = ''
     export dontPatchELF=1;