diff -Naur dmalloc-5.3.0.orig/Makefile.in dmalloc-5.3.0/Makefile.in
--- dmalloc-5.3.0.orig/Makefile.in	2004-02-28 15:37:40.000000000 +0100
+++ dmalloc-5.3.0/Makefile.in	2004-02-28 15:39:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -318,17 +318,17 @@
 # special _th versions of objects with the LOCK_THREADS variable defined to 1
 chunk_th.o : $(srcdir)/chunk.c
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -DLOCK_THREADS=1 \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -DLOCK_THREADS=1 \
 		-c $(srcdir)/chunk.c -o ./$@
 
 error_th.o : $(srcdir)/error.c
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -DLOCK_THREADS=1 \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -DLOCK_THREADS=1 \
 		-c $(srcdir)/error.c -o ./$@
 
 malloc_th.o : $(srcdir)/malloc.c
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -DLOCK_THREADS=1 \
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -DLOCK_THREADS=1 \
 		-c $(srcdir)/malloc.c -o ./$@
 
 tests : $(TEST)
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 
 .c.o :
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -c $< -o ./$@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -c $< -o ./$@
 
 #
 # .cc.o auto-target doesn't work on some systems. 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 #
 dmallocc.o : $(srcdir)/dmallocc.cc
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -c $(srcdir)/dmallocc.cc \
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) $(INCS) -c $(srcdir)/dmallocc.cc \
 		-o ./$@
 
 .texi.info :