diff -r e37511baf56b -r f511d955ac30 configure
--- a/configure	Wed Nov 02 22:37:24 2011 +0100
+++ b/configure	Thu Dec 22 11:42:44 2011 +0100
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
 if [ "$SUB_ARCH_NAME" = "x86_64" -a "$CC" = "gcc" ]; then
 	# Only if we are on x86_64 and using gcc
 	# For shared library generation, it needs this
-	SUB_PROG_CFLAGS=-fPIC
+	SUB_PROG_CFLAGS+=\ -fPIC
 fi
 
 if [ "$BINUTILS_PREFIX" = "" ]; then