diff --git a/dev-lang/lua/patches/lua-5.1.4.patch b/dev-lang/lua/patches/lua-5.1.4.patch
index c35b9ffba..5a6957180 100644
--- a/dev-lang/lua/patches/lua-5.1.4.patch
+++ b/dev-lang/lua/patches/lua-5.1.4.patch
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ diff -up lua-5.1.4/src/Makefile.orig lua-5.1.4/src/Makefile
  	$(CC) -o $@ $(MYLDFLAGS) $(LUAC_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)
  
 +$(LUA_SO): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
-+	$(CC) -o $@ -shared $(MYLDFLAGS) $? $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) -o $@ -shared -fPIC $(MYLDFLAGS) $? $(LIBS)
 +
  clean:
  	$(RM) $(ALL_T) $(ALL_O)