diff --git a/recipes/libs/termcap/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/termcap/recipe.toml
index 635dc17d..8a87cafb 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/termcap/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/termcap/recipe.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ DYNAMIC_STATIC_INIT
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
     --prefix="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr"
 )
+# termcap only emit static object
+export CC+=" -fPIC"
 cookbook_configure
 """