diff -u cpuid-20110305.orig//cpuid.c cpuid-20110305/cpuid.c
--- cpuid-20110305.orig//cpuid.c	2011-03-04 13:25:16.000000000 -0500
+++ cpuid-20110305/cpuid.c	2011-07-31 01:53:39.647437813 -0400
@@ -5319,9 +5319,20 @@
                      boolean       quiet)
 {
    if (cpuid_fd == USE_INSTRUCTION) {
+#if defined(__i386__) && defined(__PIC__)
+      asm("push %%ebx\n"
+          "cpuid\n"
+          "movl %%ebx, %1\n"
+          "pop %%ebx\n"
+#else
       asm("cpuid"
+#endif
           : "=a" (words[WORD_EAX]),
+#if defined(__i386__) && defined(__PIC__)
+            "=r" (words[WORD_EBX]),
+#else
             "=b" (words[WORD_EBX]),
+#endif
             "=c" (words[WORD_ECX]),
             "=d" (words[WORD_EDX])
           : "a" (reg),