@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ show_help(){

   echo "  --disable-neon           disable neon optimizations"

   echo "  --disable-vis            disable VIS optimizations"

   echo "  --disable-yasm           disable use of yasm assembler"

+  echo "  --enable-pic             build position-independent code"

   echo

   echo "Developer options (useful when working on FFmpeg itself):"

   echo "  --disable-debug          disable debugging symbols"

@@ -840,6 +841,7 @@ CONFIG_LIST="

     mpegaudio_hp

     network

     nonfree

+    pic

     postproc

     powerpc_perf

     rdft

@@ -1743,7 +1745,7 @@ case "$arch" in

         arch="alpha"

         enable fast_64bit

         check_cflags -mieee

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     arm|armv[4567]*l)

         arch="arm"

@@ -1756,29 +1758,29 @@ case "$arch" in

     ia64)

         arch="ia64"

         enable fast_64bit

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     m68k)

         arch="m68k"

     ;;

     mips|mipsel|IP*)

         arch="mips"

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     mips64)

         arch="mips"

         subarch="mips64"

         enable fast_64bit

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     parisc|hppa)

         arch="parisc"

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     parisc64|hppa64)

         arch="parisc"

         enable fast_64bit

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     "Power Macintosh"|ppc|powerpc)

         arch="ppc"

@@ -1798,13 +1800,13 @@ case "$arch" in

     ;;

     sparc)

         arch="sparc"

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     sun4u|sparc64)

         arch="sparc"

         subarch="sparc64"

         enable fast_64bit

-        pic=$shared

+        spic=$shared

     ;;

     i386|i486|i586|i686|i86pc|BePC)

         arch="x86"

@@ -1817,7 +1819,7 @@ case "$arch" in

         enable cmov

         enable fast_cmov

         enable fast_unaligned

-        check_cc <<EOF && enable fast_64bit && subarch="x86_64" && pic=$shared

+        check_cc <<EOF && enable fast_64bit && subarch="x86_64" && spic=$shared

         int test[sizeof(char*) - 7];

 EOF

     ;;

@@ -1827,6 +1829,7 @@ EOF

 esac

 enable $arch $subarch

+enabled spic && enable pic

 # OS specific

 case $target_os in