diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f69280a273..5eb1fb59e2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8518,6 +8518,7 @@ NINJA=$PWD/ninjatool $meson setup \
         -Ddebug=$(if test "$debug_info" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
         -Dwerror=$(if test "$werror" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
         -Dstrip=$(if test "$strip_opt" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
+        -Db_pie=$(if test "$pie" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
         $cross_arg \
         "$PWD" "$source_path"