--- src/Asm/Standard-C/dumpheap-unix.sch	2006-08-25 11:57:03.000000000 -0400
+++ src/Asm/Standard-C/dumpheap-unix.sch.new	2008-05-04 19:06:25.679214127 -0400
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   (execute
    (twobit-format 
     #f
-    "gcc -falign-functions=4 -c ~a ~a -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -Wpointer-arith -Wimplicit ~a -o ~a ~a"
+    "gcc -fPIC -falign-functions=4 -c ~a ~a -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -Wpointer-arith -Wimplicit ~a -o ~a ~a"
     (if (optimize-c-code) "" "-gstabs+")
     unix/petit-include-path
     (if (optimize-c-code) "-O3 -DNDEBUG" "")
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   (execute
    (twobit-format 
     #f
-    "gcc ~a -rdynamic -o ~a ~a ~a"
+    "gcc -fPIC ~a -rdynamic -o ~a ~a ~a"
     (if (optimize-c-code) "" "-gstabs+")
     output-name
     (apply string-append (insert-space object-files))
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
   (execute
    (twobit-format 
     #f
-    "gcc ~a -o ~a ~a ~a"
+    "gcc -fPIC ~a -o ~a ~a ~a"
     (if (optimize-c-code) "" "-gstabs+")
     output-name
     (apply string-append (insert-space object-files))
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
   (execute
    (twobit-format 
     #f
-    "gcc ~a -Wl,-export-dynamic -o ~a ~a ~a"
+    "gcc -fPIC ~a -Wl,-export-dynamic -o ~a ~a ~a"
     (if (optimize-c-code) "" "-gstabs+")
     output-name
     (apply string-append (insert-space object-files))
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
   (execute
    (twobit-format 
     #f
-    "gcc ~a -shared -o ~a ~a ~a"
+    "gcc -fPIC ~a -shared -o ~a ~a ~a"
     (if (optimize-c-code) "" "-gstabs+")
     output-name
     (apply string-append (insert-space object-files))
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
   (execute
    (twobit-format 
     #f
-    "gcc ~a -shared -o ~a ~a ~a"
+    "gcc -fPIC ~a -shared -o ~a ~a ~a"
     (if (optimize-c-code) "" "-gstabs+")
     output-name
     (apply string-append (insert-space object-files))
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
   (execute
    (twobit-format 
     #f
-    "gcc ~a -flat_namespace -bundle -undefined suppress -o ~a ~a ~a"
+    "gcc -fPIC ~a -flat_namespace -bundle -undefined suppress -o ~a ~a ~a"
     (if (optimize-c-code) "" "-gstabs+")
     output-name
     (apply string-append (insert-space object-files))
--- src/Rts/make-templates.sch	2007-11-07 15:30:25.000000000 -0500
+++ src/Rts/make-templates.sch.new	2008-05-04 19:06:48.200246986 -0400
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 (define (template-common uncommon)
   (string-append
 "INC_ROOT = ../../include
-CFLAGS    = -ISys -I$(INC_ROOT) -I$(INC_ROOT)/Sys -I$(INC_ROOT)/Shared $(DEBUGINFO) $(OPTIMIZE)
+CFLAGS    = -fPIC -ISys -I$(INC_ROOT) -I$(INC_ROOT)/Sys -I$(INC_ROOT)/Shared $(DEBUGINFO) $(OPTIMIZE)
 ASFLAGS   = -I$(INC_ROOT)/ -I$(INC_ROOT)/Sys/ -I$(INC_ROOT)/Shared/
 " uncommon))