diff -Naur rrdtool-1.3.0/configure.ac rrdtool-1.3.0.oden/configure.ac
--- rrdtool-1.3.0/configure.ac	2008-06-10 12:38:10.000000000 -0400
+++ rrdtool-1.3.0.oden/configure.ac	2008-06-11 14:03:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -399,6 +399,34 @@
 
 
 
+dnl AC_LIBTOOL_NON_PIC ([ACTION-IF-WORKS], [ACTION-IF-FAILS])
+dnl check for nonbuggy libtool -prefer-non-pic
+AC_DEFUN([AC_LIBTOOL_NON_PIC],
+    [AC_MSG_CHECKING([if libtool supports -prefer-non-pic flag])
+    mkdir ac_test_libtool; cd ac_test_libtool; ac_cv_libtool_non_pic=no
+    echo "int x; int g (int i, int *p); int f (int i) {return g (i, &x);}" >f.c
+    echo "int x = 0; int (* hook) (int) = 0; int g (int i, int *p) {if (hook) i = hook (i); return i + 1;}" >g.c
+    ../libtool --mode=compile $CC $CFLAGS -prefer-non-pic \
+		-c f.c >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+	../libtool --mode=compile $CC $CFLAGS -prefer-non-pic \
+		-c g.c >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+	../libtool --mode=link $CC $CFLAGS -prefer-non-pic -o libfoo.la \
+		-rpath / f.lo g.lo >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+	ac_cv_libtool_non_pic=yes
+    cd ..; rm -fr ac_test_libtool; AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_libtool_non_pic])
+    if test x"$ac_cv_libtool_non_pic" = x"yes"; then
+	ifelse([$1],[],[:],[$1])
+    else
+	ifelse([$2],[],[:],[$2])
+    fi])
+
+dnl Add -fPIC if the target OS does not support linking static library into DSO without PIC
+AC_LIBTOOL_NON_PIC
+if [[ x"$ac_cv_libtool_non_pic" = x"no" ]]; then
+    DSO_PIC_FLAGS="-fPIC -DPIC"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(DSO_PIC_FLAGS)
+
 dnl add pic flag in any case this makes sure all our code is relocatable
 eval `./libtool --config | grep pic_flag`
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $pic_flag"
diff -Naur rrdtool-1.3.0/src/Makefile.am rrdtool-1.3.0.oden/src/Makefile.am
--- rrdtool-1.3.0/src/Makefile.am	2008-06-10 12:32:34.000000000 -0400
+++ rrdtool-1.3.0.oden/src/Makefile.am	2008-06-11 14:04:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 AM_LDFLAGS = -all-static
 endif
 
+# We need -fPIC for the static library as it is to be linked into a DSO
+DSO_PIC_FLAGS = @DSO_PIC_FLAGS@
+CFLAGS += $(DSO_PIC_FLAGS)
+
 INCLUDES = -DLOCALEDIR="\"$(datadir)/locale\""
 RRD_DEFAULT_FONT=@RRD_DEFAULT_FONT@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -DRRD_DEFAULT_FONT=\"$(RRD_DEFAULT_FONT)\" -DNUMVERS=@NUMVERS@