diff --git a/build-aux/m4/buildsys.m4 b/build-aux/m4/buildsys.m4
index 8389a83..5e0c9af 100644
--- a/build-aux/m4/buildsys.m4
+++ b/build-aux/m4/buildsys.m4
@@ -209,6 +209,43 @@ AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_PROG_IMPLIB], [
 	AC_SUBST(PROG_IMPLIB_LDFLAGS)
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_PIE], [
+	AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Position Independent Executable support)
+
+	old_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+	old_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
+	old_OBJCFLAGS="$OBJCFLAGS"
+	old_OBJCXXFLAGS="$OBJCXXFLAGS"
+	old_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIE"
+	CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIE"
+	OBJCFLAGS="$OBJCFLAGS -fPIE"
+	OBJCXXFLAGS="$OBJCXXFLAGS -fPIE"
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pie"
+
+	AC_LINK_IFELSE([
+		AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
+			#include <stdio.h>
+		], [
+			puts("PIE test");
+		])
+	], [
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+		AC_SUBST(PIE_CFLAGS, -fPIE)
+		AC_SUBST(PIE_LDFLAGS, -pie)
+	], [
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+	])
+
+	CFLAGS="$old_CFLAGS"
+	CXXFLAGS="$old_CXXFLAGS"
+	OBJCFLAGS="$old_OBJCFLAGS"
+	OBJCXXFLAGS="$old_OBJCXXFLAGS"
+	LDFLAGS="$old_LDFLAGS"
+])
+
 AC_DEFUN([BUILDSYS_SHARED_LIB], [
 	AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
 	AC_REQUIRE([BUILDSYS_CHECK_IOS])
diff --git a/buildsys.mk.in b/buildsys.mk.in
index 1cc634d..14caae0 100644
--- a/buildsys.mk.in
+++ b/buildsys.mk.in
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ PYTHON_FLAGS = @PYTHON_FLAGS@
 PROG_IMPLIB_NEEDED = @PROG_IMPLIB_NEEDED@
 PROG_IMPLIB_LDFLAGS = @PROG_IMPLIB_LDFLAGS@
 PROG_SUFFIX = @EXEEXT@
+PIE_CFLAGS = @PIE_CFLAGS@
+PIE_LDFLAGS = @PIE_LDFLAGS@
 LIB_CFLAGS = @LIB_CFLAGS@
 LIB_LDFLAGS = @LIB_LDFLAGS@
 LIB_LDFLAGS_INSTALL_NAME = @LIB_LDFLAGS_INSTALL_NAME@