diff -urN binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/configure binutils-2.20/bfd/configure
--- binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/configure	2009-10-16 13:47:47.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.20/bfd/configure	2009-11-23 13:23:53.531739600 +0100
@@ -14647,6 +14647,13 @@
     SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty/pic -liberty"
   fi
 
+# IRIX5 doesn't set PICFLAG when building shared library
+  case "${host}" in
+  *-*-irix5*)
+    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty/pic -liberty"
+  ;;
+  esac
+
 # More hacks to build DLLs on Windows.
   case "${host}" in
   *-*-cygwin*)
diff -urN binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/configure.in binutils-2.20/bfd/configure.in
--- binutils-2.20.orig/bfd/configure.in	2009-10-16 13:47:44.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.20/bfd/configure.in	2009-11-23 13:21:44.323663800 +0100
@@ -535,6 +535,13 @@
     SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty/pic -liberty"
   fi
 
+# IRIX5 doesn't set PICFLAG when building shared library
+  case "${host}" in
+  *-*-irix5*)
+    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty/pic -liberty"
+  ;;
+  esac
+
 # More hacks to build DLLs on Windows.
   case "${host}" in
   *-*-cygwin*)
diff -urN binutils-2.20.orig/opcodes/configure binutils-2.20/opcodes/configure
--- binutils-2.20.orig/opcodes/configure	2009-09-07 14:08:04.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.20/opcodes/configure	2009-11-23 10:51:08.166824200 +0100
@@ -12203,6 +12203,10 @@
       SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
       SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../bfd -lbfd -L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty -L`pwd`/../intl -lintl -lcygwin"
       ;;
+    *-*-irix5*)
+      SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../bfd -lbfd -L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty"
+      SHARED_DEPENDENCIES="../bfd/libbfd.la"
+      ;;
    *-*-darwin*)
      SHARED_LIBADD="-Wl,`pwd`/../bfd/.libs/libbfd.dylib ${SHARED_LIBADD}"
      SHARED_DEPENDENCIES="../bfd/libbfd.la"
diff -urN binutils-2.20.orig/opcodes/configure.in binutils-2.20/opcodes/configure.in
--- binutils-2.20.orig/opcodes/configure.in	2009-09-07 14:07:53.000000000 +0200
+++ binutils-2.20/opcodes/configure.in	2009-11-23 10:51:08.168598600 +0100
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@
       SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
       SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../bfd -lbfd -L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty -L`pwd`/../intl -lintl -lcygwin"
       ;;
+    *-*-irix5*)
+      SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../bfd -lbfd -L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty"
+      SHARED_DEPENDENCIES="../bfd/libbfd.la"
+      ;;
    *-*-darwin*)
      SHARED_LIBADD="-Wl,`pwd`/../bfd/.libs/libbfd.dylib ${SHARED_LIBADD}"
      SHARED_DEPENDENCIES="../bfd/libbfd.la"