diff --git a/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/patches/ui-console-pic.patch b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/patches/ui-console-pic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c448ac2f03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/patches/ui-console-pic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/source/mupen64plus-ui-console/projects/unix/Makefile b/source/mupen64plus-ui-console/projects/unix/Makefile
+index a4a05e3..199f27f 100755
+--- source/mupen64plus-ui-console/projects/unix/Makefile
++++ source/mupen64plus-ui-console/projects/unix/Makefile
+@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ endif
+ 
+ # set special flags per-system
+ ifeq ($(OS), LINUX)
++  CFLAGS += -fPIC
+   LDLIBS += -ldl
+ endif
+ ifeq ($(OS), OSX)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template
index cf2a0e3f46b..6980adeb8ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mupen64plus/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mupen64plus'
 pkgname=mupen64plus
 version=2.5
-revision=7
+revision=8
 wrksrc="mupen64plus-bundle-src-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="boost-devel SDL-devel speexdsp-devel freetype-devel glu-devel libpng-devel libsamplerate-devel"