diff -up x265_1.8/source/CMakeLists.txt.pic x265_1.8/source/CMakeLists.txt
--- x265_1.8/source/CMakeLists.txt.pic	2015-09-22 10:10:07.000000000 +0200
+++ x265_1.8/source/CMakeLists.txt	2015-10-25 22:43:12.666153586 +0100
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ if(GCC)
     add_definitions(-D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS=1)
     add_definitions(-std=gnu++98)
     if(ENABLE_PIC)
-         add_definitions(-fPIC)
+         add_definitions(-fPIC -DPIC)
     endif(ENABLE_PIC)
     if(NATIVE_BUILD)
         if(INTEL_CXX)
diff -up x265_1.8/source/test/checkasm-a.asm.pic x265_1.8/source/test/checkasm-a.asm
--- x265_1.8/source/test/checkasm-a.asm.pic	2015-09-22 10:10:07.000000000 +0200
+++ x265_1.8/source/test/checkasm-a.asm	2015-10-25 23:23:45.041877640 +0100
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ cglobal checkasm_call, 2,15,16,max_args*
     mov  r9, rax
     mov r10, rdx
     lea  r0, [error_message]
-    call puts
+    call puts wrt ..plt
     mov  r1, [rsp+max_args*8]
     mov  dword [r1], 0
     mov  rdx, r10