--- flex-2.5.33/Makefile.in	2008-01-08 16:09:52.000000000 +0100
+++ flex-2.5.33-pm/Makefile.in	2008-01-08 16:10:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	tests
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\" -I@includedir@ -I$(top_srcdir)/intl
+AM_CFLAGS = -fPIC
 
 # Run GNU indent on sources. Don't run this unless all the sources compile cleanly.
 #