diff --git a/include/README b/include/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7b7fd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is an include directroy
diff --git a/src/contrib/libmavl-LocalDefs.mak b/src/contrib/libmavl-LocalDefs.mak
index d3f1303e..e22bbdbd 100644
--- a/src/contrib/libmavl-LocalDefs.mak
+++ b/src/contrib/libmavl-LocalDefs.mak
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ PREFIX=../../..
 INSTALL_LIB_DIR := /lib/$(KERNEL)/$(ARCH)
 INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR := /include
 
+CFLAGS+=-fPIC