--- a/filesystems/gnetfs/Makefile.in
+++ b/filesystems/gnetfs/Makefile.in
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/vtree.Plo ./$(DEPDIR)/xfer.Plo
-COMPILE = $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
+COMPILE = $(CC) -fPIC $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
 	$(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
-LTCOMPILE = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) \
+LTCOMPILE = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) -prefer-pic $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) \
 	$(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 CCLD = $(CC)
 LINK = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \