diff --git a/NetworkManager-0.7.0-ppp-manager-fpic.patch b/NetworkManager-0.7.0-ppp-manager-fpic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22bbd2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NetworkManager-0.7.0-ppp-manager-fpic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- NetworkManager-0.7.0/src/ppp-manager/Makefile.am.fpic	2007-08-30 19:41:49.000000000 -0400
++++ NetworkManager-0.7.0/src/ppp-manager/Makefile.am	2007-08-30 19:42:00.000000000 -0400
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ nm_pppd_plugin_so_SOURCES = \
+ 	nm-pppd-plugin.h	\
+ 	nm-ppp-status.h
+ 
+-nm_pppd_plugin_so_CPPFLAGS = $(DBUS_CFLAGS)	$(GLIB_CFLAGS)
++nm_pppd_plugin_so_CPPFLAGS = $(DBUS_CFLAGS)	$(GLIB_CFLAGS) -fPIC
+ 
+ nm_pppd_plugin_so_LDFLAGS =	-shared
+ nm_pppd_plugin_so_LDADD = \
diff --git a/NetworkManager.spec b/NetworkManager.spec
index b6f0628..85a6653 100644
--- a/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Source: %{name}-%{version}.%{snapshot}.tar.gz
 Source1: nm-applet-%{version}.svn129.tar.gz
 Patch1: NetworkManager-0.6.5-fixup-internal-applet-build.patch
 Patch2: NetworkManager-0.7.0-missing-includes.patch
+Patch3: NetworkManager-0.7.0-ppp-manager-fpic.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 PreReq:   chkconfig
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ NetworkManager functionality from applications that use glib.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch2 -p1 -b .missing-includes
+%patch3 -p1 -b .fpic
 
 # unpack the applet
 tar -xzf %{SOURCE1}