diff --git a/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile b/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile
index 605bde752723..ccc9aa926283 100644
--- a/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile
+++ b/cddl/lib/drti/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/../../../sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris \
 		-I${OPENSOLARIS_USR_DISTDIR}/lib/libctf/common \
 		-I${OPENSOLARIS_USR_DISTDIR}/lib/libdtrace/common \
 		-I${OPENSOLARIS_SYS_DISTDIR}/uts/common \
-		-DPIC -fpic
+		-DPIC ${PICFLAG}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>