diff --git a/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs b/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs
index d222b3b..95a9942 100644
--- a/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs
+++ b/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs
@@ -4662,6 +4662,12 @@ default_PIC platform =
     (OSDarwin,  ArchAArch64) -> [Opt_PIC]
     (OSLinux,   ArchAArch64) -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
     (OSLinux,   ArchARM {})  -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
+    (OSLinux, ArchX86) -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
+    (OSLinux, ArchX86_64) -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
+    (OSUnknown, ArchARM {}) -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
+    (OSUnknown, ArchAArch64) -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
+    (OSUnknown, ArchX86) -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
+    (OSUnknown, ArchX86_64) -> [Opt_PIC, Opt_ExternalDynamicRefs]
     (OSOpenBSD, ArchX86_64)  -> [Opt_PIC] -- Due to PIE support in
                                           -- OpenBSD since 5.3 release
                                           -- (1 May 2013) we need to