diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index ed646c583e4f..5ed242897b0d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -msoft-float -mbac
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -ffreestanding
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -fno-stack-protector
+KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += -fPIE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += $(call cc-disable-warning, address-of-packed-member)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += $(if $(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),-g)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += $(if $(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4), $(call cc-option, -gdwarf-4,))