diff --git a/math/djbfft/Makefile b/math/djbfft/Makefile
index b0dc99c039d2..2dad64bd2b9d 100644
--- a/math/djbfft/Makefile
+++ b/math/djbfft/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ post-patch:
 	@${PERL} -pi -e 's|("include)|\1/${PORTNAME}|' ${WRKSRC}/hier.c
 
 do-configure:
-	@${ECHO_CMD} '${CC} ${CFLAGS}' > ${WRKSRC}/conf-cc
+	@${ECHO_CMD} '${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC' > ${WRKSRC}/conf-cc
 	@${ECHO_CMD} '${CC}' > ${WRKSRC}/conf-ld
 	@${ECHO_CMD} ${PREFIX} > ${WRKSRC}/conf-home
 .ifdef(WITH_OPT_PENTIUM)
diff --git a/multimedia/ffmpeg-devel/Makefile b/multimedia/ffmpeg-devel/Makefile
index e9e3425cb0b4..ea12abcd9f87 100644
--- a/multimedia/ffmpeg-devel/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/ffmpeg-devel/Makefile
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-mp3lame
 .endif
 ## optimization
 .ifdef(WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS)
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-I${LOCALBASE}/include \
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-fPIC -I${LOCALBASE}/include \
 			-I${X11BASE}/include \
 			-ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer"
 .else
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-I${LOCALBASE}/include \
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-fPIC -I${LOCALBASE}/include \
 			-I${X11BASE}/include" \
 			--disable-opts
 .endif
diff --git a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
index e9e3425cb0b4..ea12abcd9f87 100644
--- a/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/ffmpeg/Makefile
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-mp3lame
 .endif
 ## optimization
 .ifdef(WITH_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS)
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-I${LOCALBASE}/include \
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-fPIC -I${LOCALBASE}/include \
 			-I${X11BASE}/include \
 			-ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer"
 .else
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-I${LOCALBASE}/include \
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--extra-cflags="-fPIC -I${LOCALBASE}/include \
 			-I${X11BASE}/include" \
 			--disable-opts
 .endif