CSparse/Lib/Makefile           |    2 +-

 CXSparse/Lib/Makefile          |    2 +-

 CXSparse_newfiles/Lib/Makefile |    2 +-

 UFconfig/UFconfig.mk           |    4 ++--

 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CSparse/Lib/Makefile b/CSparse/Lib/Makefile

index 435e15f..e9fec76 100644

--- a/CSparse/Lib/Makefile

+++ b/CSparse/Lib/Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

 # Modify the "-O" optimization option for best performance (-O3 on Linux):

 CC = cc

-CFLAGS = -O -I../Include

+CFLAGS = -O -I../Include -fPIC

 AR = ar cr

 RANLIB = ranlib

diff --git a/CXSparse/Lib/Makefile b/CXSparse/Lib/Makefile

index c937956..165c3d2 100644

--- a/CXSparse/Lib/Makefile

+++ b/CXSparse/Lib/Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

 # Modify the "-O" optimization option for best performance (-O3 on Linux):

 CC = cc

-CFLAGS = -O

+CFLAGS = -O -fPIC

 I = -I../../UFconfig -I../Include

 AR = ar cr

diff --git a/CXSparse_newfiles/Lib/Makefile b/CXSparse_newfiles/Lib/Makefile

index c937956..165c3d2 100644

--- a/CXSparse_newfiles/Lib/Makefile

+++ b/CXSparse_newfiles/Lib/Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

 # Modify the "-O" optimization option for best performance (-O3 on Linux):

 CC = cc

-CFLAGS = -O

+CFLAGS = -O -fPIC

 I = -I../../UFconfig -I../Include

 AR = ar cr

diff --git a/UFconfig/UFconfig.mk b/UFconfig/UFconfig.mk

index 5f4f8e2..670c3b4 100644

--- a/UFconfig/UFconfig.mk

+++ b/UFconfig/UFconfig.mk

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@

 # performance.  You should select the optimization parameters that are best

 # for your system.  On Linux, use "CFLAGS = -O3 -fexceptions" for example.

 CC = cc

-CFLAGS = -O

+CFLAGS = -O -fPIC

 # ranlib, and ar, for generating libraries

 RANLIB = ranlib

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ CHOLMOD_CONFIG =

 # Using default compilers:

 # CC = gcc

-CFLAGS = -O3

+CFLAGS = -O3 -fPIC

 # alternatives:

 # CFLAGS = -g -fexceptions \