diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b870154746..6c665d865f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-08-30  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	Patch from Philip Withnall <bugzilla@tecnocode.co.uk>
+
+	* src/ppp-manager/Makefile.am
+		- use -fPIC (gnome.org #471825)
+
 2007-08-29  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* include/NetworkManager.h
diff --git a/src/ppp-manager/Makefile.am b/src/ppp-manager/Makefile.am
index 9fb133ada6..7592efb63c 100644
--- a/src/ppp-manager/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/ppp-manager/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ nm_pppd_plugin_so_SOURCES = \
 	nm-pppd-plugin.h	\
 	nm-ppp-status.h
 
-nm_pppd_plugin_so_CPPFLAGS = $(DBUS_CFLAGS)	$(GLIB_CFLAGS)
+nm_pppd_plugin_so_CPPFLAGS = $(DBUS_CFLAGS)	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) -fPIC
 
 nm_pppd_plugin_so_LDFLAGS =	-shared
 nm_pppd_plugin_so_LDADD = \