diff --git a/dmd/src/dmd/glue.d b/dmd/src/dmd/glue.d
index 4520f3b9..bc3356b3 100644
--- a/dmd/src/dmd/glue.d
+++ b/dmd/src/dmd/glue.d
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ private void specialFunctions(Obj objmod, FuncDeclaration fd)
     // Pull in RTL startup code (but only once)
     if (fd.isMain() && onlyOneMain(fd.loc))
     {
-        if (target.isPOSIX)
+        if (target.isPOSIX && target.os != Target.OS.linux)
         {
             objmod.external_def("_main");
         }
diff --git a/dmd/src/posix.mak b/dmd/src/posix.mak
index 13909ecd..f9f1f466 100644
--- a/dmd/src/posix.mak
+++ b/dmd/src/posix.mak
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ifeq (,$(HOST_DMD_PATH))
 endif
 HOST_DMD_RUN:=$(HOST_DMD)
 
-RUN_BUILD = $(GENERATED)/build OS="$(OS)" BUILD="$(BUILD)" MODEL="$(MODEL)" HOST_DMD="$(HOST_DMD)" CXX="$(HOST_CXX)" AUTO_BOOTSTRAP="$(AUTO_BOOTSTRAP)" DOCDIR="$(DOCDIR)" STDDOC="$(STDDOC)" DOC_OUTPUT_DIR="$(DOC_OUTPUT_DIR)" MAKE="$(MAKE)" VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)" ENABLE_RELEASE="$(ENABLE_RELEASE)" ENABLE_DEBUG="$(ENABLE_DEBUG)" ENABLE_ASSERTS="$(ENABLE_ASSERTS)" ENABLE_UNITTEST="$(ENABLE_UNITTEST)" ENABLE_PROFILE="$(ENABLE_PROFILE)" ENABLE_COVERAGE="$(ENABLE_COVERAGE)" DFLAGS="$(DFLAGS)"
+RUN_BUILD = $(GENERATED)/build OS="$(OS)" BUILD="$(BUILD)" MODEL="$(MODEL)" HOST_DMD="$(HOST_DMD)" CXX="$(HOST_CXX)" AUTO_BOOTSTRAP="$(AUTO_BOOTSTRAP)" DOCDIR="$(DOCDIR)" STDDOC="$(STDDOC)" DOC_OUTPUT_DIR="$(DOC_OUTPUT_DIR)" MAKE="$(MAKE)" VERBOSE="$(VERBOSE)" ENABLE_RELEASE="$(ENABLE_RELEASE)" ENABLE_DEBUG="$(ENABLE_DEBUG)" ENABLE_ASSERTS="$(ENABLE_ASSERTS)" ENABLE_UNITTEST="$(ENABLE_UNITTEST)" ENABLE_PROFILE="$(ENABLE_PROFILE)" ENABLE_COVERAGE="$(ENABLE_COVERAGE)" DFLAGS="$(DFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)"
 ######## Begin build targets
 
 all: dmd
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ dmd: $(GENERATED)/build
 .PHONY: dmd
 
 $(GENERATED)/build: build.d $(HOST_DMD_PATH)
-	$(HOST_DMD_RUN) -of$@ -g build.d
+	$(HOST_DMD_RUN) -fPIC -of$@ -g build.d
 
 auto-tester-build: $(GENERATED)/build
 	$(RUN_BUILD) $@