diff --git a/collects/dynext/link-unit.ss b/collects/dynext/link-unit.ss
index 2cbdf09a13..e9b3a94697 100644
--- a/collects/dynext/link-unit.ss
+++ b/collects/dynext/link-unit.ss
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 	  [(ppc-macosx ppc-darwin i386-macosx i386-darwin) 
 	   (list "-bundle" "-flat_namespace" "-undefined" "suppress")]
 	  [(i386-cygwin) win-gcc-linker-flags]
-	  [else (list "-shared")]))
+	  [else (list "-fPIC" "-shared")]))
 
       (define (get-env-link-flags)
 	(let ([v (or (getenv "MZSCHEME_DYNEXT_LINKER_FLAGS")
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 726217fac4..2273dfd699 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -5389,6 +5389,7 @@ case $OS in
     ;;
   Linux)
     LIBS="$LIBS -rdynamic"
+    DYN_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
     # PPC: X11 librares are not found
     case `$UNAME -m` in
       ppc)
@@ -11179,8 +11180,8 @@ if test "${enable_shared}" = "yes" ; then
   STATIC_AR="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link $CC -o"
   ARFLAGS=""
   RANLIB=":"
-  MZLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link $CC${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
-  MREDLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link $CXX${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
+  MZLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link --tag=CC $CC${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
+  MREDLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link --tag=CXX $CXX${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
   PLAIN_CC="$CC"
   CC="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=compile --tag=CC $CC"
   CXX="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=compile --tag=CXX $CXX"
diff --git a/src/mzscheme/configure.ac b/src/mzscheme/configure.ac
index 012f7685f8..83de006e7d 100644
--- a/src/mzscheme/configure.ac
+++ b/src/mzscheme/configure.ac
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ case $OS in
     ;;
   Linux)
     LIBS="$LIBS -rdynamic"
+    DYN_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
     # PPC: X11 librares are not found
     case `$UNAME -m` in
       ppc)
@@ -1192,8 +1193,8 @@ if test "${enable_shared}" = "yes" ; then
   STATIC_AR="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link $CC -o"
   ARFLAGS=""
   RANLIB=":"
-  MZLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link $CC${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
-  MREDLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link $CXX${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
+  MZLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link --tag=CC $CC${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
+  MREDLINKER="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=link --tag=CXX $CXX${need_gcc_static_libgcc} -rpath ${absprefix}/lib"
   PLAIN_CC="$CC"
   CC="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=compile --tag=CC $CC"
   CXX="${LIBTOOLPROG} --mode=compile --tag=CXX $CXX"