$OpenBSD: patch-source_common_Makefile_in,v 1.5 2010/04/05 21:40:24 landry Exp $
--- source/common/Makefile.in.orig	Sat Mar 20 11:18:11 2010
+++ source/common/Makefile.in	Sat Mar 20 11:19:31 2010
@@ -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 @DEFS@ 
-LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
+LDFLAGS += -fPIC $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
 
 # for plugin configuration
 CPPFLAGS += "-DDEFAULT_ICU_PLUGINS=\"$(libdir)/icu\" "
