diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties
index d0f0085ba83..b6eb4cb9230 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.properties
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Option.Posix.Warn.toerrs=Warnings as errors (-Werror)
 Option.Posix.Verbose=Verbose (-v)
 Option.OtherFlags=Other flags
 Option.Posix.Ansi=Support ANSI programs (-ansi)
+Option.PIC=Position Independent Code (-fPIC)
 
 Option.Posix.Linker.NoStartFiles=Do not use standard start files (-nostartfiles)
 Option.Posix.Linker.NoDefLibs=Do not use default libraries (-nodefaultlibs)
diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml
index 03c07e5845d..f26ee076aae 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.gnu.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -1238,6 +1238,14 @@
 			  id="gnu.c.compiler.option.misc.ansi"
 			  valueType="boolean">
 		  </option>
+		  <option
+			  category="gnu.c.compiler.category.other"
+			  command="-fPIC"
+			  defaultValue="false"
+			  id="gnu.c.compiler.option.misc.pic"
+			  name="%Option.PIC"
+			  valueType="boolean">
+		  </option>
           <inputType
               sourceContentType="org.eclipse.cdt.core.cSource"
 		      sources="c"
@@ -1528,6 +1536,14 @@
 			  id="gnu.cpp.compiler.option.other.verbose"
 			  valueType="boolean">
 		  </option>
+		  <option
+			  category="gnu.cpp.compiler.category.other"
+			  command="-fPIC"
+			  defaultValue="false"
+			  id="gnu.cpp.compiler.option.other.pic"
+			  name="%Option.PIC"
+			  valueType="boolean">
+		  </option>
           <inputType
               sourceContentType="org.eclipse.cdt.core.cxxSource"
 			  sources="c,C,cc,cxx,cpp"