diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 237fe72..684ee68 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnits
 noinst_LIBRARIES = libreco.a
 noinst_HEADERS = error.h getopt.h gettext.h pathmax.h xstring.h
 libreco_a_SOURCES = error.c getopt.c getopt1.c xstrdup.c
+libreco_a_CFLAGS = -fPIC
 
 EXTRA_DIST = alloca.c gettext.c malloc.c realloc.c strtol.c strtoul.c
 
diff --git a/lib/error.c b/lib/error.c
index 53b650c..7f879aa 100644
--- a/lib/error.c
+++ b/lib/error.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void (*error_print_progname) (
 /* This variable is incremented each time `error' is called.  */
 unsigned int error_message_count;
 
-#ifdef _LIBC
+#if 1
 /* In the GNU C library, there is a predefined variable for this.  */
 
 # define program_name program_invocation_name
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ unsigned int error_message_count;
 
 /* In GNU libc we want do not want to use the common name `error' directly.
    Instead make it a weak alias.  */
-# define error __error
-# define error_at_line __error_at_line
 
 #else /* not _LIBC */
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c918aa7..dff6c71 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ recode_LDADD = librecode.la ../lib/libreco.a
 librecode_la_SOURCES = argmatch.c charname.c combine.c fr-charname.c \
 hash.c iconv.c libiconv.c localcharset.c merged.c names.c outer.c quotearg.c \
 recode.c request.c strip-pool.c task.c xmalloc.c $(C_STEPS)
+librecode_la_LIBADD = ../lib/libreco.a
 librecode_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0
 
 INCLUDES = -I.. -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/libiconv