diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SLATEC/SLATEC-4.1-slatec4linux-fPIC.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SLATEC/SLATEC-4.1-slatec4linux-fPIC.patch
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SLATEC/SLATEC-4.1-slatec4linux-fPIC.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Create position independent code
+# S.D. Pinches
+diff -Nru slatec4linux-orig/static/makefile slatec4linux/static/makefile
+--- slatec4linux-orig/static/makefile	1999-12-22 00:32:54.000000000 +0100
++++ slatec4linux/static/makefile	2022-03-15 19:04:22.753929423 +0100
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-FFLAGS= -O2
++FFLAGS= -O2 -fPIC
+ OBJ = \
+ aaaaaa.o  cnbdi.o   dcv.o     dqc25f.o  hpperm.o  qc25s.o       spoco.o \
+ acosh.o   cnbfa.o   ddaini.o  dqc25s.o  hpsort.o  qcheb.o       spodi.o \