diff --git a/x11/golem/patches/patch-configure_in b/x11/golem/patches/patch-configure_in
index bb08fddac37..8010c0f8fd7 100644
--- a/x11/golem/patches/patch-configure_in
+++ b/x11/golem/patches/patch-configure_in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-configure_in,v 1.3 2003/05/14 11:53:20 couderc Exp $
---- configure.in.orig	Wed May 14 13:35:31 2003
-+++ configure.in	Wed May 14 13:36:15 2003
+$OpenBSD: patch-configure_in,v 1.4 2004/06/13 04:02:36 pvalchev Exp $
+--- configure.in.orig	2002-02-02 14:13:45.000000000 -0700
++++ configure.in	2004-06-12 21:59:35.000000000 -0600
 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dnl some $host based configuration
  dnl
  EXPORT_FLAG=""
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ $OpenBSD: patch-configure_in,v 1.3 2003/05/14 11:53:20 couderc Exp $
  	EXPORT_FLAG="-export-dynamic"
  	;;
  esac
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ solaris*)
+ 	SHARED_FLAG="-Wl,-G"
+ 	;;
+ openbsd*)
+-	SHARED_FLAG="-shared -fpic"
++	SHARED_FLAG="-shared -fPIC"
+ 	;;
+ esac
+ AC_SUBST(SHARED_FLAG)
diff --git a/x11/golem/patches/patch-plugins_Makefile_plugin_in b/x11/golem/patches/patch-plugins_Makefile_plugin_in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43f9031a90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/golem/patches/patch-plugins_Makefile_plugin_in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-plugins_Makefile_plugin_in,v 1.1 2004/06/13 04:02:36 pvalchev Exp $
+--- plugins/Makefile.plugin.in.orig	2004-06-12 21:58:41.000000000 -0600
++++ plugins/Makefile.plugin.in	2004-06-12 21:59:11.000000000 -0600
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ # plugin makefiles include this
+ CC=		@CC@
+-CFLAGS=		@CFLAGS@ -I../../src/ -I../include/ @X_CFLAGS@
++CFLAGS=		@CFLAGS@ -I../../src/ -I../include/ @X_CFLAGS@ -fPIC
+ CFLAGS+=	@DEFS@
+ LDFLAGS=	@SHARED_FLAG@
+