diff --git a/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh b/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
index 53c55259be0..0b368e48594 100755
--- a/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
+++ b/ports/gonk/fake-ld.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-arm-linux-androideabi-g++ $@ $LDFLAGS -pie -lGLESv2 -L$GONKDIR/backup-flame/system/lib/
+
+# Add the position-independent executable flag if not building a shared lib.
+if echo $@ | grep -qv " -shared"
+then
+    PIE_FLAG="-pie"
+fi
+$PIE_FLAG
+arm-linux-androideabi-g++ $@ $LDFLAGS $PIE_FLAG -lGLESv2 -L$GONKDIR/backup-flame/system/lib/