--- flex-2.6.0/src/Makefile.am.orig	2015-11-13 20:32:53.000000000 +0100
+++ flex-2.6.0/src/Makefile.am	2016-03-17 18:05:55.876418330 +0100
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 	libyywrap.c
 
 libfl_pic_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @SHARED_VERSION_INFO@
+libfl_pic_la_CFLAGS = -fPIC
 
 noinst_HEADERS = \
 	flexdef.h \