diff --git a/src/backend/lib/Makefile b/src/backend/lib/Makefile
index 330bf4babb8..682084d4e12 100644
--- a/src/backend/lib/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/lib/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for lib (miscellaneous stuff)
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/lib/Makefile,v 1.3 1996/11/09 06:17:54 momjian Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/lib/Makefile,v 1.4 1997/01/05 23:53:57 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ INCLUDE_OPT = -I.. \
               -I../port/$(PORTNAME) \
               -I../../include
 
-CFLAGS+=$(INCLUDE_OPT)
+CFLAGS+=$(INCLUDE_OPT) -fpic -DPIC
 
 OBJS = bit.o fstack.o hasht.o lispsort.o qsort.o stringinfo.o dllist.o