Build both slapd as position-independent executables. This really should be threaded into the various autotools, but I guess this is what we have until that happens, if it happens. diff -up openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in.patch4 openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in --- openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in.patch4 2008-02-12 00:26:43.000000000 +0100 +++ openldap-2.4.11/servers/slapd/Makefile.in 2008-09-01 09:57:09.000000000 +0200 @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ libslapi.a: slapi/.libs/libslapi.a cp slapi/.libs/libslapi.a . slapd: $(SLAPD_DEPENDS) @LIBSLAPI@ - $(LTLINK) -o $@ $(SLAPD_OBJECTS) $(LIBS) \ + $(LTLINK) -pie -Wl,-z,defs -o $@ $(SLAPD_OBJECTS) $(LIBS) \ $(WRAP_LIBS) $(RM) $(SLAPTOOLS) for i in $(SLAPTOOLS); do \