--- configure.ac.orig	2005-11-22 15:48:56.000000000 +0100
+++ configure.ac	2005-11-22 15:49:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
   rm -f Imakefile Makefile
 fi
 
-## Step 2.  GNU compilers.
+## Step 2.  GNU and Intel compilers.
 if test "${GCC}" = yes; then
   cpicflags="-fPIC"
   shlib_ldflags="-shared"
@@ -954,6 +954,11 @@
   cxxpicflags="-fPIC"
   shlib_cxxldflags="-shared"
 fi
+case "${F77}" in
+  ifc|ifort)
+    fpicflags="-fPIC"
+    ;;
+esac
 
 ## Step 3.  Individual platform overrides.
 case "${host_os}" in