diff --git a/iproute2.changes b/iproute2.changes
index 426e45a..d8e5b4f 100644
--- a/iproute2.changes
+++ b/iproute2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  8 11:48:54 CEST 2008 - ms@suse.de
+
+- compile libnetlink with -fPIC (bnc #388021)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr 16 18:23:45 CEST 2008 - schwab@suse.de
 
diff --git a/iproute2.spec b/iproute2.spec
index 3f970c5..e29f274 100644
--- a/iproute2.spec
+++ b/iproute2.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Group:          Productivity/Networking/Routing
 Provides:       iproute 
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.6.23
-Release:        58
+Release:        65
 Summary:        Advanced Routing
 Url:            http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/
 Source0:        %name-%version.tar.bz2
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ Authors:
 find . -name *.orig -print0 | xargs -r0 rm -v
 
 %build
-make CCOPTS="-D_GNU_SOURCE $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wstrict-prototypes"
+# build with -fPIC. For details see
+# https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388021
+make CCOPTS="-D_GNU_SOURCE $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC"
 cd doc
 make pdf
 
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %_libdir/lib*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 08 2008 ms@suse.de
+- compile libnetlink with -fPIC (bnc #388021)
 * Wed Apr 16 2008 schwab@suse.de
 - Don't strip binaries.
 * Thu Oct 25 2007 ms@suse.de