diff --git a/contrib/src/ebml/rules.mak b/contrib/src/ebml/rules.mak
index 6c4eb7d22d..4113668d84 100644
--- a/contrib/src/ebml/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/ebml/rules.mak
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ EBML_EXTRA_FLAGS += CPPFLAGS=""
 endif
 
 .ebml: ebml toolchain.cmake
-	cd $< && $(HOSTVARS) $(CMAKE) -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+	cd $< && $(HOSTVARS_PIC) $(CMAKE) -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
 	cd $< && $(MAKE) install
 	touch $@
diff --git a/contrib/src/matroska/rules.mak b/contrib/src/matroska/rules.mak
index 1fd3ac96fa..6c2b2096f2 100644
--- a/contrib/src/matroska/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/matroska/rules.mak
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ libmatroska: libmatroska-$(MATROSKA_VERSION).tar.xz .sum-matroska
 MATROSKA_EXTRA_FLAGS = CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden"
 
 .matroska: libmatroska toolchain.cmake
-	cd $< && $(HOSTVARS) $(CMAKE) -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+	cd $< && $(HOSTVARS_PIC) $(CMAKE) -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
 	cd $< && $(MAKE) install
 	touch $@