--- flex-2.5.38/Makefile.am.orig	2013-05-28 23:56:49.000000000 +0200
+++ flex-2.5.38/Makefile.am	2014-02-15 11:43:17.418862008 +0100
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 	libyywrap.c
 
 libfl_pic_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info @SHARED_VERSION_INFO@
+libfl_pic_la_CFLAGS = -fPIC
 
 noinst_HEADERS = \
 	flexdef.h \