See http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/cfe-commits/Week-of-Mon-20150302/124624.html where PIE as default on Android was removed. This patch brings it back. diff -u -r ../llvm-3.7.0.src/tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp ./tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp --- ../llvm-3.7.0.src/tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp 2015-07-13 19:27:56.000000000 -0400 +++ ./tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp 2015-09-04 10:38:53.984720577 -0400 @@ -3598,7 +3598,7 @@ } } -bool Linux::isPIEDefault() const { return getSanitizerArgs().requiresPIE(); } +bool Linux::isPIEDefault() const { return true; } SanitizerMask Linux::getSupportedSanitizers() const { const bool IsX86 = getTriple().getArch() == llvm::Triple::x86;