diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index c7b3caa30400e99c33fd0ae5ef8ca078223f76b4..64bafe269fa5eb9bc2a815b814b87375615ac0aa 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ packages:
   pcre:
     require:
     - build_system=cmake
+    - cflags=-fPIC cxxflags=-fPIC 
   phonebook-cli:
     require:
     - '@1.0.0'