--- configure.ac.old	2015-03-19 10:18:35.555068815 +0200
+++ configure.ac	2015-03-19 10:21:06.379456520 +0200
@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@
 		CPPFLAGS_SAVE="$CPPFLAGS"
 		CPPFLAGS="$LIBGDAL_CFLAGS"
 		CFLAGS_SAVE="$CFLAGS"
-		CFLAGS=""
+		CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 		LIBS_SAVE="$LIBS"
 		LIBS="$LIBGDAL_LDFLAGS"