diff --git a/submodules/externals/build/opencore-amr/Android.mk b/submodules/externals/build/opencore-amr/Android.mk
index 16aadfba5..461b7834f 100644
--- a/submodules/externals/build/opencore-amr/Android.mk
+++ b/submodules/externals/build/opencore-amr/Android.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += \
         $(LOCAL_PATH)/amrnb
 
 #in this mode we try to dynamically link against the opencore-amr provided by android
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -include ../build/opencore-amr/stubs.h
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -include ../build/opencore-amr/stubs.h -fPIC
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD_AMRNB),full)
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += \
 endif
 
 #turn off warnings since we cannot fix them
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -w
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -w -fPIC
 
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 
diff --git a/submodules/externals/build/vo-amrwbenc/Android.mk b/submodules/externals/build/vo-amrwbenc/Android.mk
index 1003b8708..f31de4b2c 100644
--- a/submodules/externals/build/vo-amrwbenc/Android.mk
+++ b/submodules/externals/build/vo-amrwbenc/Android.mk
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += \
 	$(LOCAL_PATH)/common/include/
 
 #turn off warnings since we cannot fix them
-LOCAL_CFLAGS += -w
+LOCAL_CFLAGS += -w -fPIC
 
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)