diff --git a/app-metrics/node_exporter/node_exporter-1.7.0.ebuild b/app-metrics/node_exporter/node_exporter-1.7.0.ebuild
index e02032dc5f615..8e9236baea4d0 100644
--- a/app-metrics/node_exporter/node_exporter-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-metrics/node_exporter/node_exporter-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ src_unpack() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
+	if use x86; then
+		#917577 pie breaks build on x86
+		GOFLAGS=${GOFLAGS//-buildmode=pie}
+	fi
 	promu build -v || die
 	./"${PN}" --help-man > "${PN}".1 || die
 }