diff --git a/ncurses-5.7-tack.dif b/ncurses-5.7-tack.dif
index e75caaf..658f9c1 100644
--- a/ncurses-5.7-tack.dif
+++ b/ncurses-5.7-tack.dif
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+---
+ tack/Makefile.in |    8 ++++----
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
 --- tack/Makefile.in
-+++ tack/Makefile.in	2012-03-05 11:30:45.000000000 +0000
++++ tack/Makefile.in	2017-08-01 08:31:12.368616475 +0000
+@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ CFLAGS_LIBTOOL	= $(CCFLAGS)
+ CFLAGS_NORMAL	= $(CCFLAGS)
+ CFLAGS_DEBUG	= $(CCFLAGS) @CC_G_OPT@ -DTRACE
+ CFLAGS_PROFILE	= $(CCFLAGS) -pg
+-CFLAGS_SHARED	= $(CCFLAGS) @CC_SHARED_OPTS@
++CFLAGS_SHARED	= $(CCFLAGS) -fPIE
+ 
+ CFLAGS_DEFAULT	= $(CFLAGS_@DFT_UPR_MODEL@)
+ 
 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ABI_VERSION	= @cf_cv_abi_version@
  LOCAL_LIBDIR	= @top_builddir@/lib
  
@@ -9,3 +22,21 @@
  LDFLAGS		= @EXTRA_LDFLAGS@ @TICS_LDFLAGS@ @TINFO_LDFLAGS@ \
  		  @LDFLAGS@ @LD_MODEL@ @TICS_LIBS@ @TINFO_LIBS@ @LIBS@
  
+@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ LDFLAGS_LIBTOOL	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_LI
+ LDFLAGS_NORMAL	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_NORMAL)
+ LDFLAGS_DEBUG	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_DEBUG)
+ LDFLAGS_PROFILE	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_PROFILE)
+-LDFLAGS_SHARED	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) @LD_SHARED_OPTS@
++LDFLAGS_SHARED	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) -pie
+ 
+ LDFLAGS_DEFAULT	= $(LDFLAGS_@DFT_UPR_MODEL@)
+ 
+@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ DEPS_TACK = \
+ 	$(MODEL)/tack$o
+ 
+ tack$x: $(DEPS_TACK) @NCURSES_TREE@$(DEPS_CURSES)
+-	@ECHO_LINK@ $(LINK) $(DEPS_TACK) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@
++	$(LINK) $(DEPS_TACK) $(LDFLAGS_DEFAULT) -o $@
+ 
+ #
+ # Utility productions start here
diff --git a/ncurses-6.0.dif b/ncurses-6.0.dif
index 95ddef4..e9cd32f 100644
--- a/ncurses-6.0.dif
+++ b/ncurses-6.0.dif
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
  ncurses/tinfo/lib_setup.c    |    3 
  ncurses/tinfo/read_entry.c   |    2 
  ncurses/tinfo/read_termcap.c |   21 ++++--
+ progs/Makefile.in            |    4 -
  test/test.priv.h             |    4 -
- 19 files changed, 247 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
+ 20 files changed, 249 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
 
 --- aclocal.m4
-+++ aclocal.m4	2017-07-31 12:13:25.217204635 +0000
++++ aclocal.m4	2017-08-01 08:37:09.362094788 +0000
 @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for size of bool])
  AC_CACHE_VAL(cf_cv_type_of_bool,[
  	rm -f cf_test.out
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@
  esac
  done
 --- configure
-+++ configure	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ configure	2017-08-01 08:37:09.362094788 +0000
 @@ -5950,7 +5950,7 @@ case $cf_cv_system_name in
  	fi
  	;;
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@
  	# the next lines are needed for linking libtic over libncurses
  	TINFO_NAME=${LIB_NAME}
 --- include/curses.h.in
-+++ include/curses.h.in	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ include/curses.h.in	2017-08-01 08:37:09.366094714 +0000
 @@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ typedef @cf_cv_typeof_chtype@ chtype;
  typedef @cf_cv_typeof_mmask_t@ mmask_t;
  #endif
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@
   * We need FILE, etc.  Include this before checking any feature symbols.
   */
 --- include/termcap.h.in
-+++ include/termcap.h.in	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ include/termcap.h.in	2017-08-01 08:37:09.366094714 +0000
 @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ extern "C"
  {
  #endif /* __cplusplus */
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@
  
  #undef  NCURSES_CONST 
 --- include/tic.h
-+++ include/tic.h	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ include/tic.h	2017-08-01 08:37:09.366094714 +0000
 @@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ struct alias
   */
  
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
  #define CANCELLED_STRING	(char *)(-1)
  
 --- man/man_db.renames
-+++ man/man_db.renames	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ man/man_db.renames	2017-08-01 08:37:09.366094714 +0000
 @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ term.7				term.7
  term_variables.3x		terminfo_variables.3ncurses
  terminfo.5			terminfo.5
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@
  #
  getty.1				getty.8
 --- man/ncurses.3x
-+++ man/ncurses.3x	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ man/ncurses.3x	2017-08-01 08:37:09.366094714 +0000
 @@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ after the shell environment variable \fB
  [See \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for further details.]
  .SS Datatypes
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@
  called \fIwindows\fR, which can be thought of as two-dimensional
  arrays of characters representing all or part of a CRT screen.
 --- misc/gen-pkgconfig.in
-+++ misc/gen-pkgconfig.in	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ misc/gen-pkgconfig.in	2017-08-01 08:37:09.366094714 +0000
 @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if test "$includedir" != "/usr/include"
  fi
  
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@
  
  	echo "** creating ${name}${suffix}.pc"
 --- misc/ncurses-config.in
-+++ misc/ncurses-config.in	2017-07-31 12:13:25.221204562 +0000
++++ misc/ncurses-config.in	2017-08-01 08:37:09.366094714 +0000
 @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
  	# compile/link
  	--cflags)
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@
  		fi
  		if test "${includedir}" != /usr/include ; then
 --- misc/terminfo.src
-+++ misc/terminfo.src	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ misc/terminfo.src	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ dumb|80-column dumb tty,
  	am,
  	cols#80,
@@ -803,7 +804,7 @@
  	s1ds=\E(0, sgr0=\E[0m\E(B, use=ibm5154,
  ibm5081-c|ibmmpel-c|IBM 5081 1024x1024 256/4096 Megapel enhanced color display,
 --- ncurses/Makefile.in
-+++ ncurses/Makefile.in	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/Makefile.in	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) :
  ../lib : ; mkdir $@
  
@@ -814,7 +815,7 @@
  ./lib_gen.c : $(base)/MKlib_gen.sh ../include/curses.h
  	$(SHELL) -e $(base)/MKlib_gen.sh "$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS)" "$(AWK)" generated <../include/curses.h >$@
 --- ncurses/curses.priv.h
-+++ ncurses/curses.priv.h	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/curses.priv.h	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -2130,6 +2130,8 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT(char *) _nc_tracec
  extern NCURSES_EXPORT(char *) _nc_tracemouse (SCREEN *, MEVENT const *);
  extern NCURSES_EXPORT(char *) _nc_trace_mmask_t (SCREEN *, mmask_t);
@@ -825,7 +826,7 @@
  extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int) _nc_freewin (WINDOW *);
  extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int) _nc_getenv_num (const char *);
 --- ncurses/run_cmd.sh
-+++ ncurses/run_cmd.sh	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/run_cmd.sh	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
 +#!/bin/sh
 +
@@ -839,7 +840,7 @@
 +
 +exec ${1+"$@"}
 --- ncurses/tinfo/MKfallback.sh
-+++ ncurses/tinfo/MKfallback.sh	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/tinfo/MKfallback.sh	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ else
  	tmp_info=
  fi
@@ -872,7 +873,7 @@
  	done
  
 --- ncurses/tinfo/access.c
-+++ ncurses/tinfo/access.c	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/tinfo/access.c	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
  #include <ctype.h>
  
@@ -915,7 +916,7 @@
  _nc_access(const char *path, int mode)
  {
 --- ncurses/tinfo/lib_setup.c
-+++ ncurses/tinfo/lib_setup.c	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/tinfo/lib_setup.c	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ _nc_locale_breaks_acs(TERMINAL *termp)
      } else if ((value = tigetnum("U8")) >= 0) {
  	result = value;		/* use extension feature */
@@ -927,7 +928,7 @@
  	    result = 1;		/* always broken */
  	} else if (strstr(env, "screen") != 0
 --- ncurses/tinfo/read_entry.c
-+++ ncurses/tinfo/read_entry.c	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/tinfo/read_entry.c	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ _nc_read_file_entry(const char *const fi
      FILE *fp = 0;
      int code;
@@ -945,7 +946,7 @@
      return (code);
  }
 --- ncurses/tinfo/read_termcap.c
-+++ ncurses/tinfo/read_termcap.c	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ ncurses/tinfo/read_termcap.c	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -322,14 +322,18 @@ _nc_getent(
  	     */
  	    if (fd >= 0) {
@@ -991,8 +992,28 @@
  	}
      }
      if (copied != 0)
+--- progs/Makefile.in
++++ progs/Makefile.in	2017-08-01 08:37:41.133514443 +0000
+@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ CFLAGS_LIBTOOL	= $(CCFLAGS)
+ CFLAGS_NORMAL	= $(CCFLAGS)
+ CFLAGS_DEBUG	= $(CCFLAGS) @CC_G_OPT@ -DTRACE
+ CFLAGS_PROFILE	= $(CCFLAGS) -pg
+-CFLAGS_SHARED	= $(CCFLAGS) @CC_SHARED_OPTS@
++CFLAGS_SHARED	= $(CCFLAGS) -fPIE
+ 
+ CFLAGS_DEFAULT	= $(CFLAGS_@DFT_UPR_MODEL@)
+ 
+@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ LDFLAGS_LIBTOOL	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_LI
+ LDFLAGS_NORMAL	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_NORMAL)
+ LDFLAGS_DEBUG	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_DEBUG)
+ LDFLAGS_PROFILE	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_PROFILE)
+-LDFLAGS_SHARED	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) @LD_SHARED_OPTS@
++LDFLAGS_SHARED	= $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) -pie
+ 
+ LDFLAGS_DEFAULT	= $(LDFLAGS_@DFT_UPR_MODEL@)
+ 
 --- test/test.priv.h
-+++ test/test.priv.h	2017-07-31 12:13:25.225204490 +0000
++++ test/test.priv.h	2017-08-01 08:37:09.370094642 +0000
 @@ -805,12 +805,12 @@ extern char *strnames[], *strcodes[], *s
  #endif
  
diff --git a/ncurses.changes b/ncurses.changes
index 15b2fa2..8ac1f81 100644
--- a/ncurses.changes
+++ b/ncurses.changes
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Mon Jul 31 12:14:36 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de
     curses.  It still uses term_entry.h for the definitions of the
     extended capability arrays.
   + add an overlooked null-pointer check in mvcur changes from 20170722
+- Modify patch ncurses-5.7-tack.dif and ncurses-6.0.dif to get
+  position independent executables as well
 
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 Mon Jul 24 07:17:59 UTC 2017 - werner@suse.de