--- Makefile.orig
+++ Makefile
@@ -17,20 +17,23 @@
 
 CXX      ?= g++
-CXXFLAGS ?= -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual
+CXXFLAGS ?= -fPIC -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual
 
-### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
-
--include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
-
 ### The directory environment:
 
 DVBDIR = ../../../../DVB
 VDRDIR = ../../..
 LIBDIR = ../../lib
 TMPDIR = /tmp
 
+### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
+
+-include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
+
+### The version number of VDR's plugin API (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
+
+APIVERSION = $(shell grep 'define APIVERSION ' $(VDRDIR)/config.h | awk '{ print $$3 }' | sed -e 's/"//g')
+
 ### The version number of VDR (taken from VDR's "config.h"):
 
-VDRVERSION = $(shell grep 'define VDRVERSION ' $(VDRDIR)/config.h | awk '{ print $$3 }' | sed -e 's/"//g')
 VDRVERSNUM = $(shell grep 'define VDRVERSNUM ' $(VDRDIR)/config.h | awk '{ print $$3 }' | sed -e 's/"//g')
 
### DEFINES += -DVDRVERSNUM=$(VDRVERSNUM)