diff --git a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
index 97c38b8..30e2188 100755
--- a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
+++ b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
@@ -515,6 +515,13 @@
 }
 
 build_GMP() {
+	# Check if GCC enables `-pie` by default (possible since GCC 6).
+	# We need PIC in all static libraries then.
+	if "${CC}" -dumpspecs 2>/dev/null | grep -q '[{;][[:space:]]*:-pie\>'
+	then
+		OPTIONS="$OPTIONS --with-pic"
+	fi
+
 	CC="$CC" ../${GMP_DIR}/configure --disable-shared --enable-fat \
 		--prefix=$TARGETDIR $OPTIONS \
 		|| touch .failed