@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@
 		tryopts="--enable-shared"
 	else
 		tryopts="--disable-shared"
 	fi
 
+	SAVE_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
 	for tryopt in $tryopts __fail__; do
 		# Clean up, if needed
 		make distclean >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 		rm -rf "${INSTDIR}"
 		mkdir "${INSTDIR}"
@@ -101,10 +102,17 @@
 		if [ "${tryopt}" == "--enable-shared" ]; then
 			isshared="1"
 		else
 			isshared="0"
 		fi
+
+		# If build a static Mk4tcl for KitDLL, ensure that we use PIC
+		# so that it can be linked into the shared object
+		if [ "${isshared}" = "0" -a "${KITTARGET}" = "kitdll" ]; then
+			CXXFLAGS="${SAVE_CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"
+			export CXXFLAGS
+		fi
 
 		(
 			echo "Running: ./configure $tryopt --prefix=\"${INSTDIR}\" --exec-prefix=\"${INSTDIR}\" --with-tcl=\"${TCLCONFIGDIR}/../generic\" ${CONFIGUREEXTRA}"
 			./configure $tryopt --prefix="${INSTDIR}" --exec-prefix="${INSTDIR}" --with-tcl="${TCLCONFIGDIR}/../generic" ${CONFIGUREEXTRA}