diff --git a/file.changes b/file.changes
index edee9e3..721895a 100644
--- a/file.changes
+++ b/file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Dec 20 08:57:15 UTC 2014 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- build with PIE
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 17 13:08:34 UTC 2014 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index 17e13ec..488c38c 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ export LC_ALL=POSIX
 rm -f Magdir/*,v Magdir/*~
 rm -f ltcf-c.sh ltconfig ltmain.sh
 autoreconf -fiv
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DHOWMANY=69632"
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DHOWMANY=69632 -fPIE"
 %configure --disable-silent-rules --datadir=%{_miscdir} --disable-static --with-pic --enable-fsect-man5
-%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags} pkgdatadir='$(datadir)'
+%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags} pkgdatadir='$(datadir)' LDFLAGS="-pie"
 %if 0%{?build_python_bindings:1}
 pushd python
 python setup.py build