$OpenBSD: patch-source_common_Makefile_in,v 1.6 2011/09/12 06:45:53 ajacoutot Exp $
--- source/common/Makefile.in.orig	Tue Jul 19 23:16:28 2011
+++ source/common/Makefile.in	Mon Sep 12 08:22:55 2011
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ endif
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/i18n $(LIBCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGSICUUC)
 # we want DEFS here, because we want icucfg.h
 DEFS += -DU_COMMON_IMPLEMENTATION -DU_HAVE_ICUCFG 
-LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
+LDFLAGS += -fPIC $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
 
 # for plugin configuration
 CPPFLAGS += "-DDEFAULT_ICU_PLUGINS=\"$(libdir)/icu\" "
