diff --git a/posix.mak b/posix.mak
index 0b1401c679..a6ecc34a8f 100644
--- a/posix.mak
+++ b/posix.mak
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ test/shared/.run: $(DRUNTIMESO)
 test/%/.run: test/%/Makefile
 	$(QUIET)$(MAKE) -C test/$* MODEL=$(MODEL) OS=$(OS) DMD=$(abspath $(DMD)) BUILD=$(BUILD) \
 		DRUNTIME=$(abspath $(DRUNTIME)) DRUNTIMESO=$(abspath $(DRUNTIMESO)) LINKDL=$(LINKDL) \
-		QUIET=$(QUIET) TIMELIMIT='$(TIMELIMIT)'
+		QUIET=$(QUIET) TIMELIMIT='$(TIMELIMIT)' PIC=$(PIC)
 
 #################### test for undesired white spaces ##########################
 MANIFEST = $(shell git ls-tree --name-only -r HEAD)
diff --git a/test/common.mak b/test/common.mak
index 5c6da78f6c..920281df4b 100644
--- a/test/common.mak
+++ b/test/common.mak
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ SRC:=src
 GENERATED:=./generated
 ROOT:=$(GENERATED)/$(OS)/$(BUILD)/$(MODEL)
 
+OPTIONAL_PIC:=$(if $(PIC),-fPIC,)
+
 ifneq (default,$(MODEL))
 	MODEL_FLAG:=-m$(MODEL)
 endif
 CFLAGS:=$(MODEL_FLAG) -Wall
-DFLAGS:=$(MODEL_FLAG) -w -I../../src -I../../import -I$(SRC) -defaultlib= -debuglib= -dip1000
+DFLAGS:=$(MODEL_FLAG) -w -I../../src -I../../import -I$(SRC) -defaultlib= -debuglib= -dip1000 $(OPTIONAL_PIC)
 # LINK_SHARED may be set by importing makefile
 DFLAGS+=$(if $(LINK_SHARED),-L$(DRUNTIMESO),-L$(DRUNTIME))
 ifeq ($(BUILD),debug)