diff --git a/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake b/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake
index 0cf6b6504c..36072c185e 100644
--- a/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake
+++ b/cmake/common/px4_base.cmake
@@ -550,13 +550,16 @@ function(px4_add_common_flags)
 	else()
 		set(max_optimization -Os)
 
+		if ("${OS}" STREQUAL "qurt")
+			set(PIC_FLAG -fPIC)
+		endif()
 		set(optimization_flags
 			-fno-strict-aliasing
 			-fomit-frame-pointer
 			-funsafe-math-optimizations
 			-ffunction-sections
 			-fdata-sections
-			-fPIC
+			${PIC_FLAG}
 			)
 	endif()