diff -Naur tcl8.6.8/unix/tcl.m4 tcl8.6.8-flags/unix/tcl.m4
--- tcl8.6.8/unix/tcl.m4	2017-12-21 19:16:25.000000000 +0100
+++ tcl8.6.8-flags/unix/tcl.m4	2018-03-07 08:56:42.678715660 +0100
@@ -1402,12 +1402,12 @@
 	    # get rid of the warnings.
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,${@}'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    AS_IF([test $doRpath = yes], [
-		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'])
+		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=''])
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    AS_IF([test "`uname -m`" = "alpha"], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"])
 	    AS_IF([test $do64bit = yes], [