for some reason I get linker error:

gcc -Wall -Werror=format-security -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -g -O2 -I/usr/include/neon   -o mount.davfs cache.o dav_fuse.o kernel_interface.o mount_davfs.o webdav.o  -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -lneon 
/usr/bin/ld: cache.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: dav_fuse.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: kernel_interface.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: mount_davfs.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: webdav.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status


basically from a git checkout I did:
$ ./bootstrap
$ ./configure 
Configuration for building davfs2 1.7.0:

  Install Prefix:            /usr/local
  Compiler:                  gcc
  Large File Support:        no
  Neon Library:              library in /usr (0.30.2)
                             SSL is supported by neon
  Native Language Support:   libc
  Host                       linux-gnu
and then
$ make



following works for me ... is there another way to compile this on Linux?
do I miss something or do others  see the same issue?


--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ mount_davfs_SOURCES = cache.c \
 umount_davfs_SOURCES = umount_davfs.c defaults.h
 
 AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror=format-security \
-            -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4
+            -fPIC -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4
 DEFS = -DPROGRAM_NAME=\"mount.davfs\" \
        -DDAV_SYS_CONF_DIR=\"$(pkgsysconfdir)\" \
        -DDAV_LOCALSTATE_DIR=\"$(dav_localstatedir)\" \