diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/dbus-c++-0.0.2-r36.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/dbus-c++-0.0.2-r37.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/dbus-c++-0.0.2-r36.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/dbus-c++-0.0.2-r37.ebuild
index 3e49fc22a6..fc0603ef7a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/dbus-c++-0.0.2-r36.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/dbus-c++-0.0.2-r37.ebuild
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ DEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	dev-util/pkgconfig"
 
 src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-hack-Makefile.am-explicit-lpthread-to-fix-pthread.patch"
 	./bootstrap || die "failed to bootstrap autotools"
 }
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ src_configure() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
+	append-flags -fPIC 
 	emake || die "failed to compile dbus-c++"
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/files/dbus-c++-hack-Makefile.am-explicit-lpthread-to-fix-pthread.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/files/dbus-c++-hack-Makefile.am-explicit-lpthread-to-fix-pthread.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d9dce8675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-libs/dbus-c++/files/dbus-c++-hack-Makefile.am-explicit-lpthread-to-fix-pthread.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 9194e1425aebcfd7b1d3bf218de4430853dc9e37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Brandon Philips <brandon@ifup.co>
+Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 13:15:29 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] hack(Makefile.am): explicit -lpthread to fix pthread
+
+for some reason pthread_LIBS isn't getting populated. I am not terribly
+interested in hunting this down quite yet so hack it for now.
+
+Change-Id: Id18dba7b2d1d9004478d3bc736436628c971f284
+---
+ src/Makefile.am | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 709ba19..ab7d7de 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ lib_include_HEADERS = $(HEADER_FILES)
+ 
+ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libdbus-c++-1.la
+ libdbus_c___1_la_SOURCES = $(HEADER_FILES) interface.cpp object.cpp introspection.cpp debug.cpp types.cpp connection.cpp connection_p.h property.cpp dispatcher.cpp dispatcher_p.h pendingcall.cpp pendingcall_p.h error.cpp internalerror.h message.cpp message_p.h server.cpp server_p.h eventloop.cpp eventloop-integration.cpp $(GLIB_CPP) $(ECORE_CPP)
+-libdbus_c___1_la_LIBADD = $(dbus_LIBS) $(glib_LIBS) $(pthread_LIBS) $(ecore_LIBS)
++libdbus_c___1_la_LIBADD = -lpthread $(pthread_LIBS) $(dbus_LIBS) $(glib_LIBS) $(ecore_LIBS)
+ 
+ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = \
+ 	Makefile.in
+-- 
+1.8.1
+