diff --git a/tests/Makefile.incl b/tests/Makefile.incl
index 757a6bae807cc2fa36998d44468106124f8d7a0a..0008bb3667019eb6678c4fda40203f5839de7ad3 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.incl
+++ b/tests/Makefile.incl
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ ifeq (${PLATFORM}, SOLARIS)
 	EXTRA_LINK_OPTIONS=-lc ${EXTRA_LIBS}
   else
 	CMP= -c ${CXXFLAGS}
-	CC= CC -c -D${PLATFORM} -D_REENTRANT -pic
+	CC= CC -c -D${PLATFORM} -D_REENTRANT -KPIC
  LINK =  CC -D${PLATFORM} ${LDFLAGS}
 	PLATFORM_LIB_LINK_OPTIONS=-L/usr/lib
 	EXTRA_LINK_OPTIONS=-lc -lgen ${EXTRA_LIBS}