diff -urN libcap-2.20.orig//pam_cap/Makefile libcap-2.20/pam_cap/Makefile
--- libcap-2.20.orig//pam_cap/Makefile	2011-01-25 17:32:19.000000000 -0500
+++ libcap-2.20/pam_cap/Makefile	2011-01-25 17:33:12.000000000 -0500
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 	install -m 0755 pam_cap.so $(LIBDIR)/security
 
 pam_cap.so: pam_cap.o
-	$(LD) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o pam_cap.so $< $(LDLIBS)
+	$(LD) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC $(LDFLAGS) -o pam_cap.so $< $(LDLIBS)
 
 pam_cap.o: pam_cap.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CPPFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 testcompile: test.c pam_cap.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $+ -lpam -ldl $(LDLIBS)