diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 993dbfd..0668872 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -56,3 +56,13 @@ libsyslog_la_SOURCES  = syslog.c syslog.h compat.h
 libsyslog_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
 libsyslog_la_LDFLAGS  = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -version-info 0:0:0
 libsyslog_la_LIBADD   = $(LTLIBOBJS)
+
+# Both libsyslog_la and syslogd/logger requires objects like lib/pidfile.o, for
+# libsyslog_la, the objects should be compiled with -fPIC, but for
+# syslogd/logger, it doesn't need -fPIC, so there is a race issue when the two
+# different lib/pidfile.o are compiled at the same time, which would cause errors like:
+# ld: syslogd-syslogd.o: in function `main':
+# syslogd.c:417: undefined reference to `__pidfile'
+#
+# Make LIBOBJS depend on LTLIBOBJS to fix the problem.
+$(LIBOBJS): $(LTLIBOBJS)