diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 62599bf25..7b6ec449f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #    59 Temple Place - Suite 330
 #    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
 #
-#ident "$Id: Makefile.in,v 1.97 2001/06/12 03:53:10 steve Exp $"
+#ident "$Id: Makefile.in,v 1.98 2001/07/11 19:32:02 steve Exp $"
 #
 #
 SHELL = /bin/sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ STRIP = @STRIP@
 
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ @DEFS@
 CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@ -I. -I$(srcdir)
+PICFLAGS = @PICFLAG@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 
 # The TARGETS variable lists the target modules that can be build and
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ check: all
 	./check | grep 'Hello, World'
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.o parse.cc parse.cc.output parse.h dep/*.d lexor.cc lexor_keyword.cc ivl@EXEEXT@ libivl.a
+	rm -f *.o parse.cc parse.cc.output parse.h dep/*.d lexor.cc lexor_keyword.cc ivl@EXEEXT@ libivl.a libvpi.a
 	cd vvm ; $(MAKE) clean
 	cd vpi ; $(MAKE) clean
 	cd driver ; $(MAKE) clean
@@ -124,6 +125,14 @@ libvpi.a: vpithunk.o
 	rm -f $@
 	ar cvq $@ vpithunk.o
 
+# The vpithunk.c file (that makes up the libvpi.a library) needs to
+# be make with PIC flags, because shared objects load it.
+vpithunk.o: vpithunk.c
+	@[ -d dep ] || mkdir dep
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) -MD -c $< -o $*.o
+	mv $*.d dep/$*.d
+
+
 ifeq (@WIN32@,yes)
 ivl@EXEEXT@: $O ivl.def
 	dlltool --dllname ivl@EXEEXT@ --def ivl.def \