--- a/Makefile	2017-08-09 16:40:43.807049433 +1000
+++ b/Makefile	2017-08-09 16:42:03.494449278 +1000
@@ -572,6 +572,12 @@
 # Defaults to vmlinux, but the arch makefile usually adds further targets
 all: vmlinux

+# force no-pie for distro compilers that enable pie by default
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-pie)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -no-pie)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-pie)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-pie)
+
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 else