diff --git a/package/iproute2/patches/120-libnetlink-pic.patch b/package/iproute2/patches/120-libnetlink-pic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c0f2bd777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/iproute2/patches/120-libnetlink-pic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- a/lib/Makefile
++++ b/lib/Makefile
+@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
++CFLAGS+=$(FPIC)
+ 
+ UTILOBJ=utils.o rt_names.o ll_types.o ll_proto.o ll_addr.o inet_proto.o
+