diff --git a/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/libcxx/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -137,3 +137,9 @@
     .. code-block:: bash
 
         $ cmake -S <monorepo>/runtimes -B build -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="libcxx;libcxxabi" <LIBCXX-OPTIONS> <LIBCXXABI-OPTIONS>
+
+- Libc++, libc++abi and libunwind will not be built with ``-fPIC`` by default anymore.
+  If you want to build those runtimes with position independent code, please specify
+  ``-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON`` explicitly when configuring the build, or
+  ``-DRUNTIMES_<target-name>_CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON`` if using the
+  bootstrapping build.
diff --git a/libcxx/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxx/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libcxx/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxx/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@
       VERSION       "${LIBCXX_ABI_VERSION}.0"
       SOVERSION     "${LIBCXX_ABI_VERSION}"
       DEFINE_SYMBOL ""
-      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
   )
   cxx_add_common_build_flags(cxx_shared)
   cxx_set_common_defines(cxx_shared)
@@ -284,7 +283,6 @@
       COMPILE_FLAGS "${LIBCXX_COMPILE_FLAGS}"
       LINK_FLAGS    "${LIBCXX_LINK_FLAGS}"
       OUTPUT_NAME   "c++"
-      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
   )
   cxx_add_common_build_flags(cxx_static)
   cxx_set_common_defines(cxx_static)
diff --git a/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libcxxabi/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
       SOVERSION "1"
       VERSION "${LIBCXXABI_LIBRARY_VERSION}"
       DEFINE_SYMBOL ""
-      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
   )
 
   list(APPEND LIBCXXABI_BUILD_TARGETS "cxxabi_shared")
@@ -245,7 +244,6 @@
       COMPILE_FLAGS "${LIBCXXABI_COMPILE_FLAGS}"
       LINK_FLAGS "${LIBCXXABI_LINK_FLAGS}"
       OUTPUT_NAME "c++abi"
-      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
     )
 
   if(LIBCXXABI_HERMETIC_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libunwind/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@
       OUTPUT_NAME "unwind"
       VERSION "1.0"
       SOVERSION "1"
-      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
   )
   list(APPEND LIBUNWIND_BUILD_TARGETS "unwind_shared")
   if (LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_SHARED_LIBRARY)
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@
       LINK_FLAGS "${LIBUNWIND_LINK_FLAGS}"
       LINKER_LANGUAGE C
       OUTPUT_NAME "unwind"
-      POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
   )
 
   if(LIBUNWIND_HIDE_SYMBOLS)
diff --git a/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh b/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
--- a/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
+++ b/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
@@ -386,12 +386,14 @@
     echo "#" env CC="$c_compiler" CXX="$cxx_compiler" \
         cmake -G "$generator" \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BuildType -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=$Assertions \
+        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON \
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="$project_list" \
         $ExtraConfigureFlags $BuildDir/llvm-project/llvm \
         2>&1 | tee $LogDir/llvm.configure-Phase$Phase-$Flavor.log
     env CC="$c_compiler" CXX="$cxx_compiler" \
         cmake -G "$generator" \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BuildType -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=$Assertions \
+        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON \
         -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="$project_list" \
         $ExtraConfigureFlags $BuildDir/llvm-project/llvm \
         2>&1 | tee $LogDir/llvm.configure-Phase$Phase-$Flavor.log