--- /dev/null
+++ portage/media-libs/libmpeg2/files/libmpeg2-0.5.1-pic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--- libmpeg2-0.5.1/configure.ac
++++ libmpeg2-0.5.1/configure.ac
+@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ fi
+ 
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(ARCH_ARM, ${arm_conditional})
+ 
++AC_ARG_ENABLE([arm-asm],
++    [  --disable-arm-asm  disable non-PIC ARM assembly code])
++if test x"$enable_arm_asm" = x"no"; then
++    AC_DEFINE([ARM_NO_ASM],,[disable non-PIC ARM assembly code])
++fi
++
+ dnl Checks for libtool - this must be done after we set cflags
+ AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
+ AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+--- libmpeg2-0.5.1/libmpeg2/motion_comp.c
++++ libmpeg2-0.5.1/libmpeg2/motion_comp.c
+@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void mpeg2_mc_init (uint32_t accel)
+ 	mpeg2_mc = mpeg2_mc_vis;
+     else
+ #endif
+-#ifdef ARCH_ARM
++#if defined(ARCH_ARM) && !defined(ARM_NO_ASM)
+     if (accel & MPEG2_ACCEL_ARM) {
+ 	mpeg2_mc = mpeg2_mc_arm;
+     } else
+--- libmpeg2-0.5.1.orig/libmpeg2/motion_comp_arm.c
++++ libmpeg2-0.5.1/libmpeg2/motion_comp_arm.c
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ 
+ #include "config.h"
+ 
+-#ifdef ARCH_ARM
++#if defined(ARCH_ARM) && !defined(ARM_NO_ASM)
+ 
+ #include <inttypes.h>
+ 
+--- libmpeg2-0.5.1/libmpeg2/motion_comp_arm_s.S
++++ libmpeg2-0.5.1/libmpeg2/motion_comp_arm_s.S
+@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
+ @ along with mpeg2dec; if not, write to the Free Software
+ @ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ 
++#include "config.h"
++
++@ Allow disabling of asm
++#ifndef ARM_NO_ASM
+ 
+ @ Data preload is supported only by ARM V5TE and above
+ 
+@@ -335,3 +339,5 @@ MC_put_x_8_arm_align_jt:
+ 	.word MC_put_x_8_arm_align1
+ 	.word MC_put_x_8_arm_align2
+ 	.word MC_put_x_8_arm_align3
++
++#endif
--- portage.orig/media-libs/libmpeg2/libmpeg2-0.5.1-r2.ebuild
+++ portage/media-libs/libmpeg2/libmpeg2-0.5.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SRC_URI="http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 ~sh sparc x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~x86-freebsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-solaris"
-IUSE="sdl static-libs X"
+IUSE="pic sdl static-libs X"
 
 RDEPEND="sdl? ( media-libs/libsdl )
 	X? ( x11-libs/libXv
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ src_prepare() {
 	epatch \
 		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-arm-private-symbols.patch \
 		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-global-symbol-test.patch \
-		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-armv4l.patch
+		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-armv4l.patch \
+		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-pic.patch
 	elibtoolize
+	eautoheader
 	### PowerPC fix for altivec
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-altivec.patch
 	eautoconf
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
 		--enable-shared \
 		$(multilib_native_use_enable sdl) \
-		$(multilib_native_use_with X x)
+		$(multilib_native_use_with X x) \
+		$(usex pic --disable-arm-asm)
 
 	# remove useless subdirs
 	if ! multilib_is_native_abi ; then