--- libselinux-3.9.orig/src/Makefile
+++ libselinux-3.9/src/Makefile
@@ -161,14 +161,14 @@
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(SWIG_CFLAGS) $(RUBYINC) -fPIC -DSHARED -c -o $@ $<
 
 $(SWIGRUBYSO): $(SWIGRUBYLOBJ)
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -L. -shared -o $@ $^ -lselinux $(RUBYLIBS)
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -L. -fPIC -shared -o $@ $^ -lselinux $(RUBYLIBS)
 
 $(LIBA): $(OBJS)
 	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 $(LIBSO): $(LOBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^ $(PCRE_LDLIBS) $(FTS_LDLIBS) -ldl -Wl,$(LD_SONAME_FLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC -shared -o $@ $^ $(PCRE_LDLIBS) $(FTS_LDLIBS) -ldl -Wl,$(LD_SONAME_FLAGS)
 	ln -sf $@ $(TARGET)
 
 $(LIBPC): $(LIBPC).in ../VERSION