diff --git a/emacs.changes b/emacs.changes
index 16af05e..0595017 100644
--- a/emacs.changes
+++ b/emacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 24 07:08:48 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- build with -fno-PIE as the loading/dumping mechanism does not
+  like building with PIE by default.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb  7 19:47:29 UTC 2015 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/emacs.spec b/emacs.spec
index 4b43866..4bd0506 100644
--- a/emacs.spec
+++ b/emacs.spec
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ LDFLAGS=
   cflags -Wno-unused-label       CFLAGS
   cflags -Wno-unprototyped-calls CFLAGS
   cflags -fno-optimize-sibling-calls CFLAGS
+  cflags -fno-PIE                CFLAGS
   cflags -Wl,-O2		 LDFLAGS
   cflags -Wl,--hash-size=65521	 LDFLAGS
 %ifarch ia64