diff --git a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
index d442b3c16..a5ea4f5d3 100644
--- a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
+++ b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
@@ -18,4 +18,14 @@ LIBMEMCACHED_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBMEMCACHED_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 LIBMEMCACHED_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+# Help libmemcached to understand that -fPIE and -pie should not be
+# used when linking statically.
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+LIBMEMCACHED_CONF_ENV += \
+	ax_cv_check_cflags__Werror__fPIE=no \
+	ax_cv_check_cflags__Werror__pie=no \
+	ax_cv_check_cxxflags__Werror__fPIE=no \
+	ax_cv_check_cxxflags__Werror__pie=no
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))