--- ../passenger-5.0.27/src/nginx_module/config.orig	2016-03-04 17:28:49.527086000 -0500
+++ ../passenger-5.0.27/src/nginx_module/config	2016-03-04 17:29:16.364138000 -0500
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
     if ! cd $ngx_addon_dir; then
         exit 1
     fi
+    if [ "$ngx_module_link" = DYNAMIC ]; then
+        EXTRA_CXXFLAGS="-fPIC"
+        export EXTRA_CXXFLAGS
+    fi
     if test "x$TRACE" = 1; then
         if ! rake --trace nginx CACHING=false; then
             exit 1