diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4531f72b..c4c79077 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -869,6 +869,9 @@ static int do_option(int optc, const char *arg)
     case 676:
         opt->o_unix.android_shlib = true;
         break;
+    case 677:
+        opt->o_unix.force_pie = true;
+        break;
 
     case '\0':
         return -1;
@@ -1020,6 +1023,7 @@ static const struct mfx_option longopts[] =
     {"unmap-all-pages",  0x10, 0, 674},     // linux /proc/self/exe vanishes
     {"preserve-build-id",   0, 0, 675},
     {"android-shlib",       0, 0, 676},
+    {"force-pie",           0, 0, 677},
     // watcom/le
     {"le",               0x10, 0, 620},     // produce LE output
     // win32/pe
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index bdd9da4d..d3e36612 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct options_t {
         unsigned char osabi0;       // replacement if 0==.e_ident[EI_OSABI]
         bool preserve_build_id;     // copy the build-id to the compressed binary
         bool android_shlib;         // keep some ElfXX_Shdr for dlopen()
+        bool force_pie;             // choose DF_1_PIE instead of is_shlib
     } o_unix;
     struct {
         bool le;
diff --git a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
index 1b0817d2..d933e51c 100644
--- a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
+++ b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
@@ -1840,7 +1840,8 @@ bool PackLinuxElf32::canPack()
         dynstr=          (char const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf32_Dyn::DT_STRTAB);
         dynsym=     (Elf32_Sym const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf32_Dyn::DT_SYMTAB);
 
-        if (Elf32_Dyn::DF_1_PIE & elf_unsigned_dynamic(Elf32_Dyn::DT_FLAGS_1)
+        if (opt->o_unix.force_pie
+        ||      Elf32_Dyn::DF_1_PIE & elf_unsigned_dynamic(Elf32_Dyn::DT_FLAGS_1)
         ||  calls_crt1((Elf32_Rel const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf32_Dyn::DT_REL),
                                  (int)elf_unsigned_dynamic(Elf32_Dyn::DT_RELSZ))
         ||  calls_crt1((Elf32_Rel const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf32_Dyn::DT_JMPREL),
@@ -2076,7 +2077,8 @@ PackLinuxElf64::canPack()
         dynstr=          (char const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf64_Dyn::DT_STRTAB);
         dynsym=     (Elf64_Sym const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf64_Dyn::DT_SYMTAB);
 
-        if (Elf64_Dyn::DF_1_PIE & elf_unsigned_dynamic(Elf64_Dyn::DT_FLAGS_1)
+        if (opt->o_unix.force_pie
+        ||       Elf64_Dyn::DF_1_PIE & elf_unsigned_dynamic(Elf64_Dyn::DT_FLAGS_1)
         ||  calls_crt1((Elf64_Rela const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf64_Dyn::DT_RELA),
                                   (int)elf_unsigned_dynamic(Elf64_Dyn::DT_RELASZ))
         ||  calls_crt1((Elf64_Rela const *)elf_find_dynamic(Elf64_Dyn::DT_JMPREL),