diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb
index 6f1978a070..70223be490 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ inherit cmake pkgconfig
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[lzo] = "-DHAVE_LIBLZO2=1,-DHAVE_LIBLZO2=0,lzo,"
+TARGET_CFLAGS += "-fPIC"