diff --git a/xemacs.changes b/xemacs.changes
index 1ce275c..c2f462c 100644
--- a/xemacs.changes
+++ b/xemacs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat May  6 10:34:52 UTC 2017 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- Global PIE project: Disable PIE support currently, (x)emacs
+  unique binary build/launch method make this hard.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 20 15:21:17 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/xemacs.spec b/xemacs.spec
index 980deef..3a93305 100644
--- a/xemacs.spec
+++ b/xemacs.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 
 Name:           xemacs
+# this is tricky to fix for PIE support. revisit to remove occasionaly after 21.5.34 version
+#!BuildIgnore:	gcc-PIE
 BuildRequires:  alsa-lib-devel
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  canna-devel