$OpenBSD: patch-source_common_Makefile_in,v 1.9 2016/12/05 16:15:56 ajacoutot Exp $
--- source/common/Makefile.in.orig	Fri Sep  9 18:41:15 2016
+++ source/common/Makefile.in	Thu Dec  1 17:22:48 2016
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ endif
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(srcdir) $(LIBCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGSICUUC)
 # we want DEFS here
 DEFS += -DU_COMMON_IMPLEMENTATION 
-LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
+LDFLAGS += -fPIC $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
 
 # for plugin configuration
 CPPFLAGS += "-DDEFAULT_ICU_PLUGINS=\"$(libdir)/icu\" "
