diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3458ac6d87..9908132568 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-12-11  Roland McGrath  <roland@redhat.com>
+
+	* csu/Makefile ($(objpfx)elf-init.oS): New target, just clone
+	elf-init.o instead of compiling a PIC version.
+
 2002-12-11  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	* intl/gettext.h: Renamed to ...
diff --git a/csu/Makefile b/csu/Makefile
index f3b099ee40..669e26c32d 100644
--- a/csu/Makefile
+++ b/csu/Makefile
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ define link-relocatable
 $(CC) -nostdlib -nostartfiles -r -o $@ $^
 endef
 
+# We don't want this compiled with PIC.  
+# It's never included in shared libraries, unlike the rest of libc_nonshared.a.
+$(objpfx)elf-init.oS: $(objpfx)elf-init.o
+	ln -f $< $@
+
 ifndef start-installed-name-rule
 ifeq (yes,$(elf))
 # We link the ELF startfile along with a SHT_NOTE section indicating