2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index d278e1d7..6e7937c1 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_SHLIBS_INIT,
 		    sparc64*)
 			case "$host_os" in
 
-			freebsd*|openbsd*)
+			freebsd*|openbsd*|linux*)
 			    PIC_OPT=-fPIC
 			    ;;
 			esac
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 11ab4c01..6e91a029 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4330,7 +4330,7 @@ $as_echo "#define const /**/" >>confdefs.h
 		    sparc64*)
 			case "$host_os" in
 
-			freebsd*|openbsd*)
+			freebsd*|openbsd*|linux*)
 			    PIC_OPT=-fPIC
 			    ;;
 			esac