diff --git a/net-www/gnash/files/amd64fpic.patch b/net-www/gnash/files/amd64fpic.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-www/gnash/files/amd64fpic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--- configure	
++++ configure	
+@@ -51684,7 +51684,8 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ 
+-    gnash_boost_version=""
++    gnash_
++boost_version=""
+   gnash_boost_topdir=""
+   gnash_boost_libdir=""
+   missing_headers=""
+@@ -51782,9 +51783,9 @@
+         missing_libs=""
+       fi
+       for j in ${boost_libs}; do
+-        dirs="`ls -dr $i/libboost_${j}*.${shlibext} $i/libboost_${j}*.a 2>/dev/null`"
++        dirs="`ls -dr $i/libboost_${j}*.${shlibext} $i/libboost_${j}*.so 2>/dev/null`"
+         if test -n "${dirs}"; then
+-          libname="`echo ${dirs} | sed -e 's:^.*/lib::' -e "s:\.${shlibext}::" -e "s:\.a::"`"
++          libname="`echo ${dirs} | sed -e 's:^.*/lib::' -e "s:\.${shlibext}::" -e "s:\.so::"`"
+           if test x$dirname = x; then
+             dirname="`echo ${dirs} | sed -e 's:/libboost.*$::'`"
+            if test x"${dirname}" != "x/usr/lib"; then
+@@ -51798,9 +51799,9 @@
+       done
+     done
+     for j in ${extra_boost_libs}; do
+-      dirs="`ls -dr ${dirname}/libboost_${j}*.${shlibext} ${dirname}/libboost_${j}*.a 2>/dev/null`"
++      dirs="`ls -dr ${dirname}/libboost_${j}*.${shlibext} ${dirname}/libboost_${j}*.so 2>/dev/null`"
+       if test -n "${dirs}"; then
+-          libname="`echo ${dirs} | sed -e 's:^.*/lib::' -e "s:\.${shlibext}::" -e "s:\.a::"`"
++          libname="`echo ${dirs} | sed -e 's:^.*/lib::' -e "s:\.${shlibext}::" -e "s:\.so::"`"
+         ac_cv_path_boost_extra_lib="${ac_cv_path_boost_extra_lib} -l${libname}"
+       else
+         extra_missing_libs="${extra_missing_libs} $j"