Index: alcd-1.5.1/Makefile
===================================================================
--- alcd-1.5.1.orig/Makefile
+++ alcd-1.5.1/Makefile
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ VDRINC = $(VDRDIR)/include
 LIBDIR = ../../lib
 TMPDIR = /tmp
 
-CXX      = g++
-CXXFLAGS = -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -D_GNU_SOURCE
+CXX      ?= g++
+CXXFLAGS ?= -fPIC -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual
 
 -include $(VDRDIR)/Make.config
 
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(VDRDIR)/include
 
+DEFINES += -D_GNU_SOURCE
+
 ### Allow user defined options to overwrite defaults:
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
@@ -53,6 +55,10 @@ endif
 
 OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o lcd.o thread.o setup.o
 
+### The main target:
+
+all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+
 ### Target directory for afp-tool binary
 
 PREFIX = /usr
@@ -100,8 +106,6 @@ i18n: $(I18Nmsgs)
 
 ### Targets:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
-
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
 	@cp $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)