diff -ur ekg-1.6rc1-old/configure ekg-1.6rc1/configure
--- ekg-1.6rc1-old/configure	2005-03-20 13:46:53.000000000 +0100
+++ ekg-1.6rc1/configure	2005-04-14 13:15:30.294949464 +0200
@@ -4224,7 +4224,7 @@
 echo $ECHO_N "checking if -pthread is sufficient with -shared... $ECHO_C" >&6
 	save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 	save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-	CFLAGS="-shared -Wl,-z,defs $CFLAGS"
+	CFLAGS="-shared -fPIC -Wl,-z,defs $CFLAGS"
 	ok="no"
         cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"