diff --git a/package/pixman/pixman.mk b/package/pixman/pixman.mk
index 87a2c66d2..a244ea82b 100644
--- a/package/pixman/pixman.mk
+++ b/package/pixman/pixman.mk
@@ -22,5 +22,12 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_iwmmxt),y)
 PIXMAN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-arm-iwmmxt
 endif
 
+# toolchain gets confused about TLS access through GOT (PIC), so disable TLS
+# movhi	r4, %got_hiadj(%tls_ldo(fast_path_cache))
+# {standard input}:172: Error: bad expression
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201405),y)
+PIXMAN_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DPIXMAN_NO_TLS"
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))