diff --git a/scripts/check-uapi.sh b/scripts/check-uapi.sh
index 955581735cb3..9fa45cbdecc2 100755
--- a/scripts/check-uapi.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-uapi.sh
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ do_compile() {
 	local -r inc_dir="$1"
 	local -r header="$2"
 	local -r out="$3"
-	printf "int main(void) { return 0; }\n" | \
-		"$CC" -c \
+	printf "int f(void) { return 0; }\n" | \
+		"$CC" \
+		  -shared \
+		  -nostdlib \
+		  -fPIC \
 		  -o "$out" \
 		  -x c \
 		  -O0 \