diff --git a/editors/scintilla/patches/patch-gtk_makefile b/editors/scintilla/patches/patch-gtk_makefile
index 885336ce078..ee21551f914 100644
--- a/editors/scintilla/patches/patch-gtk_makefile
+++ b/editors/scintilla/patches/patch-gtk_makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- gtk/makefile.orig	2003-08-10 12:55:54.000000000 +0200
-+++ gtk/makefile	2003-08-14 17:35:32.000000000 +0200
+--- gtk/makefile.orig	2003-08-10 04:55:54.000000000 -0600
++++ gtk/makefile	2004-06-12 23:19:17.000000000 -0600
 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  # GNU make does not like \r\n line endings so should be saved to CVS in binary form.
  # To build for GTK+ 2, define GTK2 on the make command line.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  CC = g++
  AR = ar
  RANLIB = touch
-@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@
+@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ AR = ar
  RANLIB = ranlib
  endif
  
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  
  ifdef NOTHREADS
  THREADFLAGS=-DG_THREADS_IMPL_NONE
-@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@
+@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ endif
  ifdef DEBUG
  CXXFLAGS=-DDEBUG -g $(CXXBASEFLAGS) $(THREADFLAGS)
  else
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@
  endif
  
  ifdef GTK2
-@@ -43,7 +46,9 @@
+@@ -43,7 +46,9 @@ CONFIGFLAGS=gtk-config --cflags
  endif
  
  .cxx.o:
 -	$(CC) `$(CONFIGFLAGS)` $(CXXFLAGS) -c $<
 +	$(CXX) `$(CONFIGFLAGS)` $(CXXFLAGS) -c $<
 +.cxx.so:
-+	$(CXX) -fpic `$(CONFIGFLAGS)` $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
++	$(CXX) -fPIC `$(CONFIGFLAGS)` $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
  
  #++Autogenerated -- run src/LexGen.py to regenerate
  #**LEXOBJS=\\\n\(\*.o \)
-@@ -57,20 +62,50 @@
+@@ -57,20 +62,50 @@ LexSQL.o LexVB.o 
  
  # The LEXOBJS have to be treated specially as the functions in them are not called from external code
  
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@
  	$(RANLIB) $@
  
 +$(SHAREDLIB): $(addsuffix .so,$(basename $(LIBOBJS)))
-+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $(SHAREDLIB)) $^
++	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $@ -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $(SHAREDLIB)) $^
 +$(SHAREDLEXER): $(addsuffix .so,$(basename $(LEXOBJS)))
-+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $(SHAREDLEXER)) $^
++	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $@ -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $(SHAREDLEXER)) $^
 +
  # Automatically generate header dependencies with "make deps"
  include deps.mak