diff -up shapelib-1.2.10/Makefile.old shapelib-1.2.10/Makefile
--- shapelib-1.2.10/Makefile.old	2007-10-19 07:30:30.000000000 -0400
+++ shapelib-1.2.10/Makefile	2007-10-19 07:30:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 INSTALL = /usr/bin/install
 LD = /usr/bin/ld
+LDFLAGS = --build-id
 
 bindir = /usr/local/bin
 libdir = /usr/local/lib
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ lib:
 	rm -fr .libs/libshp.la .libs/libshp.* .libs/libshp.*
 	rm -fr .libs/libshp.lax
 	mkdir .libs/libshp.lax
-	$(LD) -G -h libshp.so.1 -o .libs/libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION)  shpopen.lo shptree.lo dbfopen.lo  -lc
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -G -h libshp.so.1 -o .libs/libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION)  shpopen.lo shptree.lo dbfopen.lo  -lc
 
 	(cd .libs && rm -f libshp.so.1 && ln -s libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION) libshp.so.1)
 	(cd .libs && rm -f libshp.so && ln -s libshp.so.$(LIBSHP_VERSION) libshp.so)