diff --git a/wireshark.changes b/wireshark.changes
index a48fd4e..44fa830 100644
--- a/wireshark.changes
+++ b/wireshark.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May 23 05:18:26 UTC 2015 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- force -fPIC build to make QT5 happy. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 13 10:44:58 UTC 2015 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/wireshark.spec b/wireshark.spec
index be66f3c..785cc12 100644
--- a/wireshark.spec
+++ b/wireshark.spec
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ sed \
 autoreconf -fiv
 
 # zlib-1.2.5 does not work well with wireshark, so disable it on pre-12.2
-export CFLAGS="%optflags -fPIE"
-export CXXFLAGS="%optflags -fPIE"
+export CFLAGS="%optflags -fPIC -fPIE"
+export CXXFLAGS="%optflags -fPIC -fPIE"
 export LDFLAGS="-pie"
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ export PATH="%{_libdir}/qt5/bin:$PATH"
     --with-gnutls=yes \
 %endif
     --with-gcrypt=yes \
-    --with-plugins=%{_libdir}/%{name}/plugins/%{version}
+    --with-plugins=%{_libdir}/%{name}/plugins/%{version} \
+    --with-pic 
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags} V=1