diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/context.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/context.rs
index 2da93877172..4a40349cb73 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/context.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ pub unsafe fn create_module(
     let llvm_target = SmallCStr::new(&sess.target.target.llvm_target);
     llvm::LLVMRustSetNormalizedTarget(llmod, llvm_target.as_ptr());
 
+    if get_reloc_model(sess) == llvm::RelocMode::PIC {
+        llvm::LLVMRustSetModulePICLevel(llmod);
+    }
+
     if is_pie_binary(sess) {
         llvm::LLVMRustSetModulePIELevel(llmod);
     }
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
index 4dad6ff793c..548e8c732a7 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -1807,6 +1807,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     pub fn LLVMRustSetComdat(M: &'a Module, V: &'a Value, Name: *const c_char);
     pub fn LLVMRustUnsetComdat(V: &Value);
+    pub fn LLVMRustSetModulePICLevel(M: &Module);
     pub fn LLVMRustSetModulePIELevel(M: &Module);
     pub fn LLVMRustModuleBufferCreate(M: &Module) -> &'static mut ModuleBuffer;
     pub fn LLVMRustModuleBufferPtr(p: &ModuleBuffer) -> *const u8;
diff --git a/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp b/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
index 5b3900ab496..3451346869d 100644
--- a/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
@@ -755,6 +755,10 @@ LLVMRustSetDataLayoutFromTargetMachine(LLVMModuleRef Module,
   unwrap(Module)->setDataLayout(Target->createDataLayout());
 }
 
+extern "C" void LLVMRustSetModulePICLevel(LLVMModuleRef M) {
+  unwrap(M)->setPICLevel(PICLevel::Level::BigPIC);
+}
+
 extern "C" void LLVMRustSetModulePIELevel(LLVMModuleRef M) {
   unwrap(M)->setPIELevel(PIELevel::Level::Large);
 }