--- tetex-src-3.0/texk/kpathsea/Makefile.in.pic	2005-01-30 11:56:30.000000000 -0500
+++ tetex-src-3.0/texk/kpathsea/Makefile.in	2005-08-31 09:24:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ liblobjs = @LTLIBOBJS@
 library = kpathsea
 
 # We want to compile almost everything with libtool ...
-KPATHSEA_CC = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC)
+KPATHSEA_CC = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) -prefer-pic
 .SUFFIXES: .lo
 .c.lo:
 	$(KPATHSEA_CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DMAKE_KPSE_DLL -c $<