diff --git a/stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch b/stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5354719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From f7ce349f5e1c3f4f4c9da9c2040bf6b6b71eccd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:34:04 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] stress-ng: Add fPIC to Makefile
+
+Add fPIC to Makefile
+
+Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index cb395115cd64..372960503621 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ endif
+ MACHINE = $(shell make -f Makefile.machine)
+ ifneq ($(PRESERVE_CFLAGS),1)
+ ifneq ($(MACHINE),$(filter $(MACHINE),alpha hppa ia64))
+-flag = -Wformat -fstack-protector-strong -Werror=format-security
++flag = -Wformat -fstack-protector-strong -Werror=format-security -fPIC
+ #
+ # add -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 if _FORTIFY_SOURCE is not already defined
+ #
+-- 
+2.48.1
+
diff --git a/stress-ng.spec b/stress-ng.spec
index 6298777..cadfb59 100644
--- a/stress-ng.spec
+++ b/stress-ng.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:		stress-ng
 Version:	0.18.06
-Release:	8%{?dist}
+Release:	9%{?dist}
 Summary:	Stress test a computer system in various ways
 
 License:	GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Patch5: core-shim-use-shim-d-types-for-shim_poll-args.patch
 Patch6: core-shim-limit-_FORTIFY_SOURCE-to-2-for-ALT-linux-g.patch
 Patch7: core-target-clones-add-more-power9-10-11-target-clon.patch
 Patch8: stress-brk-ensure-the-failure-sbrk-errno-is-being-ch.patch
+Patch9: stress-ng-Add-fPIC-to-Makefile.patch
 
 %description
 Stress test a computer system in various ways. It was designed to exercise
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ install -pm 644 bash-completion/%{name} \
 %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 11 2025 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 0.18.06-9
+- Add -fPIC flag to improve annocheck results
+Resolves: RHEL-33521
+
 * Thu Jan 30 2025 John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> - 0.18.06-8
 - Moving the annocheck rules back from gating.yaml to rpminspect.yaml
 Resolves: RHEL-33521