diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 6252871..94ef43c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -1293,6 +1293,11 @@ func (l *Link) hostlink() {
 		argv = append(argv, peimporteddlls()...)
 	}
 
+	// The Go linker does not currently support building PIE
+	// executables when using the external linker. See:
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/6940
+	argv = append(argv, "-fno-PIC")
+
 	if l.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		l.Logf("%5.2f host link:", Cputime())
 		for _, v := range argv {