Index: ghc-7.8.3/libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/ghc.mk
===================================================================
--- ghc-7.8.3.orig/libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/ghc.mk
+++ ghc-7.8.3/libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/ghc.mk
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ else
 BUILD_SHARED=no
 endif
 
+ifeq "$(firstword $(subst -, ,$(HOSTPLATFORM)))" "x86_64"
+        FORCE_PIC=--with-pic=yes
+else
+        FORCE_PIC=
+endif
+
 # In a bindist, we don't want to know whether /this/ machine has gmp,
 # but whether the machine the bindist was built on had gmp.
 ifeq "$(BINDIST)" "YES"
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/libgmp.a libra
 	    export PATH; \
 	    cd gmpbuild && \
 	    CC=$(CCX) NM=$(NM) AR=$(AR_STAGE1) ./configure \
-	          --enable-shared=no \
+	          --enable-shared=no $(FORCE_PIC) \
 	          --host=$(HOSTPLATFORM) --build=$(BUILDPLATFORM)
 	$(MAKE) -C libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/gmpbuild MAKEFLAGS=
 	$(CP) libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/gmpbuild/gmp.h libraries/integer-gmp/gmp/