--- a/unix/tcl.m4
+++ b/unix/tcl.m4
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    # get rid of the warnings.
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -fPIC -Wl,-soname,${@}'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
