diff --git a/demos/asm/test.S b/demos/asm/test.S
index 827dc824..af26f0a0 100644
--- a/demos/asm/test.S
+++ b/demos/asm/test.S
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #include "header.h"
 
-.text
-.align 2
-
-.section .data
+.data
 
 val:
  .long SOME_VALUE
 
+.text
+.align 2
+
 // Multiply input value by 421...
 .global mult10
-.type mult10, function
+.type mult10, @function
 mult10:
 	pushq    %rbp
 	movq     %rsp,%rbp
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ mult10:
 
 	popq     %rbp
 	ret
-
diff --git a/demos/asm/wscript b/demos/asm/wscript
index b17b57db..1d210aa0 100644
--- a/demos/asm/wscript
+++ b/demos/asm/wscript
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ def build(bld):
 		target   = 'asmtest',
 		defines  = 'foo=12',
 		asflags  = '-Os',
-		includes = '.')
+		includes = '.',
+                linkflags = '-no-pie')
 
 	def disp(ctx):
 		node = ctx.bldnode.ant_glob('asmtest*', remove=False)[0]
 		ctx.exec_command('%s' % node.abspath(), shell=False)
 	bld.add_post_fun(disp)
-