diff --git a/srcpkgs/icu55/template b/srcpkgs/icu55/template
index 3b0306897de..c0652d52a6c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/icu55/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/icu55/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'icu55'.
 pkgname=icu55
 version=55.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc=icu
 build_wrksrc=source
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 		(
 		cd host-build
 		env CC=cc LD=ld CXX=g++ AR=ar RANLIB=ranlib \
-			AS=as STRIP=strip CFLAGS="-Os" CXXFLAGS="-Os" \
+			AS=as STRIP=strip CFLAGS="-Os -fPIE" CXXFLAGS="-Os -fPIE" \
 			../configure --prefix=/
 		make ${makejobs}
 		mkdir -p ${wrksrc}/host-icu/config