diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ae3f699c7..70e4f6084 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ CHANGES IN FLTK 1.1.8
 	  STR #1457, STR #1458, STR #1460, STR #1481, STR #1578,
 	  STR #1639, STR #1645, STR #1644, STR #1792, STR #1793,
 	  STR #1742, STR #1777)
+	- Shared libraries would not build on 64-bit Linux
+	  systems with an existing non-PIC FLTK installation
+	  (STR #1791)
 	- Fl_Browser::hide() and Fl_Browser::show() did not
 	  correctly update the scrollbar (STR #1724)
 	- The configure script now shows a summry of the
diff --git a/makeinclude.in b/makeinclude.in
index a5a5875e3..5802b73f9 100644
--- a/makeinclude.in
+++ b/makeinclude.in
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ DSOCOMMAND	= @DSOCOMMAND@
 
 # libraries to link with:
 AUDIOLIBS	= @AUDIOLIBS@
-DSOFLAGS	= @DSOFLAGS@
+DSOFLAGS	= -L. @DSOFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS		= $(OPTIM) @LDFLAGS@
 LDLIBS		= @LIBS@
 GLDLIBS		= @GLLIB@ @LIBS@