--- a/components/python/pycups/Makefile	Thu Feb 23 15:58:00 2012 -0800
+++ b/components/python/pycups/Makefile	Fri Feb 24 13:30:24 2012 -0800
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 # CDDL HEADER END
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 #
 include ../../../make-rules/shared-macros.mk
 
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 # pycups requires VERSION to be defined. Originally set in the package Makefile
 CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\\\"$(COMPONENT_VERSION)\\\"
 
+# build modules PIC (needed for Python 2.7)
+CFLAGS += $(CC_PIC)
+
 # common targets
 build:		$(BUILD_32_and_64)