diff --git a/recipes/bzip2/Makefile b/recipes/bzip2/Makefile
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+name = bzip2
+version = 1.0.6
+release = 0
+URL = https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bzip2/bzip2-$(version).tar.gz
+
+MAKE_INSTALL_OPTIONS_USER = PREFIX=$(pkg_fake_root_dir)/$(PREFIX)
+
+pre_configure:
+	$(Q)sed -i.orig -e '/^CFLAGS=/s/.*/CFLAGS = -O2 -fPIC/' $(bdir)/Makefile
+
+
+SYSCONF ?= ../../
+include $(SYSCONF)/package.mk