diff --git a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_ffmpeg_nomuxers.sh b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_ffmpeg_nomuxers.sh
index d4fd520e6..8d4b3c0e6 100755
--- a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_ffmpeg_nomuxers.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_ffmpeg_nomuxers.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ tar xf $FFMPEG_VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $FFMPEG_VERSION
 
 ./configure \
+    --enable-pic \
     $FFMPEG_AUDIO_FLAGS \
     --prefix=$PREFIX \
     $SHARED_OR_STATIC
diff --git a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_fftw3.sh b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_fftw3.sh
index e0f416964..8c4e716ae 100755
--- a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_fftw3.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_fftw3.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ wget http://www.fftw.org/$FFTW_VERSION.tar.gz
 tar -xf $FFTW_VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $FFTW_VERSION
 
-./configure \
+CPPFLAGS=-fPIC ./configure \
     --prefix=$PREFIX \
     $FFTW_FLAGS \
     $SHARED_OR_STATIC
diff --git a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_libsamplerate.sh b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_libsamplerate.sh
index e71c4efe9..4460a07c6 100755
--- a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_libsamplerate.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_libsamplerate.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ wget http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/$LIBSAMPLERATE_VERSION.tar.gz
 tar -xf $LIBSAMPLERATE_VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $LIBSAMPLERATE_VERSION
 
-./configure \
+CPPFLAGS=-fPIC ./configure \
     --prefix=$PREFIX \
     $LIBSAMPLERATE_FLAGS \
     $SHARED_OR_STATIC
diff --git a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_taglib.sh b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_taglib.sh
index ba9b0030a..f8b01d87b 100755
--- a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_taglib.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_taglib.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ tar -xf $TAGLIB_VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $TAGLIB_VERSION/
 
 cmake \
+    -D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fPIC" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DENABLE_STATIC=ON \
diff --git a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_yaml.sh b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_yaml.sh
index c6a4ee2ea..dc8b3f587 100755
--- a/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_yaml.sh
+++ b/packaging/debian_3rdparty/build_yaml.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tar -xf $LIBYAML_VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $LIBYAML_VERSION
 
 # fails to compile shared library, building only static
-CFLAGS="-DYAML_DECLARE_STATIC" ./configure \
+CFLAGS="-DYAML_DECLARE_STATIC -fPIC" ./configure \
     --prefix=$PREFIX \
     $SHARED_OR_STATIC
 make