diff --git a/demos/d/src/wscript_build b/demos/d/src/wscript_build
index 6c750c38..6b1fe92f 100644
--- a/demos/d/src/wscript_build
+++ b/demos/d/src/wscript_build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj = bld(features='d dprogram')
 obj.source      = 'main.d extra.d'
 obj.target      = 'test2'
-obj.importpaths = '.'
+obj.includes = '.'
 
diff --git a/demos/d/wscript b/demos/d/wscript
index a673b503..d734e401 100644
--- a/demos/d/wscript
+++ b/demos/d/wscript
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ def options(opt):
 	opt.load('compiler_d')
 
 def configure(conf):
+	# why does dmd require -fPIC on everything?
+	conf.env.DFLAGS='-fPIC'
 	conf.load('compiler_d')
 	conf.env.LIB_PTHREAD = ['pthread']
 	conf.check_dlibrary()