diff --git a/tar.changes b/tar.changes
index 98c1269..58d2392 100644
--- a/tar.changes
+++ b/tar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec 21 12:33:22 UTC 2014 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- build with PIE
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 20 19:13:19 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/tar.spec b/tar.spec
index cd0928f..91b9df9 100644
--- a/tar.spec
+++ b/tar.spec
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Upstream testsuite for the package
 %patch20 -p1
 
 %build
-%define my_cflags -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter
+%define my_cflags -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter -fPIE
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} %my_cflags"
 export RSH="/usr/bin/rsh"
 export DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT="POSIX"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT="POSIX"
 	gl_cv_func_linkat_follow="yes" \
 	--enable-backup-scripts \
 	--disable-silent-rules
-make %{?_smp_mflags};
+make %{?_smp_mflags} LDFLAGS="-pie"
 cd tests
 make genfile
 mkdir bin