diff --git a/modules/brl/native/httprequest.glfw.cpp b/modules/brl/native/httprequest.glfw.cpp
index 81f5fe52..040b7c9a 100644
--- a/modules/brl/native/httprequest.glfw.cpp
+++ b/modules/brl/native/httprequest.glfw.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // Libcurl for Linux will be from a system repository when installed
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <curl/curl.h>
+#include "curl/include/curl.h"
 #else
 #include "curl/include/curl.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/targets/glfw3/template/config.cxs b/targets/glfw3/template/config.cxs
index 838bceee..c330b758 100644
--- a/targets/glfw3/template/config.cxs
+++ b/targets/glfw3/template/config.cxs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+#GLFW_GCC_CC_OPTS+=" -fpic "
 #GLFW_USE_MINGW=True
 
 #GLFW_GCC_MSIZE_WINNT="64"
diff --git a/targets/glfw3/template/gcc_linux/Makefile b/targets/glfw3/template/gcc_linux/Makefile
index 68b1e936..41673c91 100644
--- a/targets/glfw3/template/gcc_linux/Makefile
+++ b/targets/glfw3/template/gcc_linux/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 CC=gcc
 CFLAGS=-D_GLFW_X11
 
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ CPPFLAGS=$(CCOPTS) \
 -Wno-int-to-pointer-cast \
 -Wno-free-nonheap-object \
 -Wno-unused-result \
+-I../curl/include \
 -I../glfw3/include \
 -I../openal/include \
 -I../stb \