diff -Nru reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/changelog reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/changelog
--- reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/changelog	2016-10-21 14:39:50.000000000 +0000
+++ reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/changelog	2016-11-18 15:25:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+reiser4progs (1.1.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Compile with -fPIC on mips and mipsel. Patch by Radovan Birdic.
+    (Closes: #844739)
+
+ -- Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>  Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:25:49 +0100
+
 reiser4progs (1.1.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Build-depend on libaal >= 1.0.6-2 to fix FTBFS (Closes: #841613) 
diff -Nru reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/control reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/control
--- reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/control	2016-10-21 14:39:50.000000000 +0000
+++ reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/control	2016-11-18 15:25:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cdbs, libaal-dev (>= 1.0.6-2), libaal-dev (<< 1.0.7), uuid-dev, libreadline-gplv2-dev, dh-autoreconf
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cdbs, libaal-dev (>= 1.0.6-3), libaal-dev (<< 1.0.7), uuid-dev, libreadline-gplv2-dev, dh-autoreconf
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org
 
diff -Nru reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/rules reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/rules
--- reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/rules	2014-07-19 15:00:54.000000000 +0000
+++ reiser4progs-1.1.0/debian/rules	2016-11-18 15:25:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -25,7 +25,14 @@
 endif
 
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=-format
-export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -I$(CURDIR)
+
+DEB_BUILD_ARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH)
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),mips mipsel))
+	export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -I$(CURDIR) -fPIC
+    else
+	export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -I$(CURDIR)
+endif
+
 CFLAGS = `dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS`
 CPPFLAGS = `dpkg-buildflags --get CPPFLAGS`
 LDFLAGS = `dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS`