--- icu/makefile.mk.orig.port	Tue Jul 31 15:04:47 2007
+++ icu/makefile.mk	Thu Oct 25 16:23:46 2007
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ LDFLAGSADD += -Wl,--hash-style=both
 
 CONFIGURE_DIR=source
 
-CONFIGURE_ACTION=sh -c 'CFLAGS="$(icu_CFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(icu_CXXFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(icu_LDFLAGS)" ./configure --enable-layout --enable-static --enable-shared=yes $(DISABLE_64BIT)'
+CONFIGURE_ACTION=sh -c 'CFLAGS="$(icu_CFLAGS) -fPIC" CXXFLAGS="$(icu_CXXFLAGS) -fPIC" LDFLAGS="$(icu_LDFLAGS) -fPIC" ./configure --enable-layout --enable-static --enable-shared=yes $(DISABLE_64BIT)'
 
 #CONFIGURE_FLAGS=--enable-layout --enable-static --enable-shared=yes --enable-64bit-libs=no
 CONFIGURE_FLAGS=
