diff --git a/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
index 9d110d9c1461..cac568f8fc90 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [cyrus_sasl libevent];
 
+  hardening_pie = true;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A distributed memory object caching system";
     repositories.git = https://github.com/memcached/memcached.git;