package/Makefile.in: add host-cc-option macro

index 8087bde999..2dabfd69b2 100644
@@ -222,6 +222,27 @@ HOST_CFLAGS   += $(HOST_CPPFLAGS)
 HOST_CXXFLAGS += $(HOST_CFLAGS)
 HOST_LDFLAGS  += -L$(HOST_DIR)/lib -L$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib
 
+# The macros below are taken from linux 4.11 and adapted slightly.
+# Copy more when needed.
+
+# try-run
+# Usage: option = $(call try-run, $(CC)...-o "$$TMP",option-ok,otherwise)
+# Exit code chooses option. "$$TMP" is can be used as temporary file and
+# is automatically cleaned up.
+try-run = $(shell set -e;               \
+	TMP="$$(tempfile)";             \
+	if ($(1)) >/dev/null 2>&1;      \
+	then echo "$(2)";               \
+	else echo "$(3)";               \
+	fi;                             \
+	rm -f "$$TMP")
+
+# host-cc-option
+# Usage: HOST_FOO_CFLAGS += $(call host-cc-option,-no-pie,)
+host-cc-option = $(call try-run,\
+        $(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+
+
 # host-intltool should be executed with the system perl, so we save
 # the path to the system perl, before a host-perl built by Buildroot
 # might get installed into $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin and therefore appears

index 6a38556ef1..5ef95d5206 100644
@@ -9,5 +9,15 @@ AESPIPE_SOURCE = aespipe-v$(AESPIPE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 AESPIPE_SITE = http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/aespipe
 AESPIPE_LICENSE = GPL
 
+# Recent Debian, Gentoo and Ubuntu enable -fPIE by default, breaking the build:
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837393
+# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=835148
+# Older gcc versions however don't support the -no-pie flag, so we have to
+# check its availability.
+HOST_AESPIPE_NO_PIE_FLAG = $(call host-cc-option,-no-pie)
+HOST_AESPIPE_CONF_ENV = \
+	CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_AESPIPE_NO_PIE_FLAG)" \
+	LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS) $(HOST_AESPIPE_NO_PIE_FLAG)"
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))