diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f41ec8c8426ba2..082b1d5fe989cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ KBUILD_RUSTFLAGS := $(rust_common_flags) \
 		    -Cpanic=abort -Cembed-bitcode=n -Clto=n \
 		    -Cforce-unwind-tables=n -Ccodegen-units=1 \
 		    -Csymbol-mangling-version=v0 \
-		    -Crelocation-model=static \
 		    -Zfunction-sections=n \
 		    -Dclippy::float_arithmetic
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs b/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
index e36211e6161117..11a4ab1f502060 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
+++ b/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
@@ -228,5 +228,11 @@ fn main() {
         ts.push("target-endian", "big");
     }
 
+    if cfg.has("UML") {
+        ts.push("relocation-model", "pie");
+    } else {
+        ts.push("relocation-model", "static");
+    }
+
     println!("{}", ts);
 }