diff -up libwiimote-0.4/configure.in.BAD libwiimote-0.4/configure.in
--- libwiimote-0.4/configure.in.BAD	2007-12-18 10:19:06.000000000 -0500
+++ libwiimote-0.4/configure.in	2007-12-18 10:29:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
+if test "$GCC" = "yes"; then
+  case "${host_cpu}" in
+## Sparc has only an 8k global object table, 1024 entries on 64-bit.
+## PowerPC has 32k, not enough on ppc64 though.
+## The only other platform where this is said to matter is m68k, which
+## has 32k and so can use -fpic.
+## However, although the gcc docs do not mention it, it seems s390/s390x
+## also supports and needs -fPIC
+    sparc*|ppc64|powerpc64|s390*)
+      cpicflags="-fPIC"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      cpicflags="-fpic"
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+: ${CPICFLAGS="${cpicflags}"}
+
+AC_SUBST(CPICFLAGS)
+
+CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CPICFLAGS}"
+
 # Checks for BlueZ.
 AC_CHECK_LIB([bluetooth], [hci_remote_name],
 	     [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([We require BlueZ])])