diff --git a/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh b/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh
index fbab9b7a..bcfa2295 100755
--- a/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh
+++ b/xorg/X11R7.6/buildx.sh
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ download_file()
         status=$?
         cd ..
         return $status
-    elif [ "$file" = "Python-2.5.6.tar.bz2" ]; then
-        wget -cq http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.6/Python-2.5.6.tar.bz2
+    elif [ "$file" = "Python-2.7.tar.bz2" ]; then
+        wget -cq http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/Python-2.7.tar.bz2
         status=$?
         cd ..
         return $status
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ fi
 export PREFIX_DIR=$1
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PREFIX_DIR/lib/pkgconfig:$PREFIX_DIR/share/pkgconfig
 export PATH=$PREFIX_DIR/bin:$PATH
+export CFLAGS=-fPIC
 
 # prefix dir must exist...
 if [ ! -d $PREFIX_DIR ]; then
diff --git a/xorg/X11R7.6/x11_file_list.txt b/xorg/X11R7.6/x11_file_list.txt
index 8fb0562b..bd03cfff 100644
--- a/xorg/X11R7.6/x11_file_list.txt
+++ b/xorg/X11R7.6/x11_file_list.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Python-2.5.6.tar.bz2                            :  Python-2.5.6                             :
+Python-2.7.tar.bz2                              :  Python-2.7                               :
 util-macros-1.11.0.tar.bz2                      :  util-macros-1.11.0                       :
 font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3.tar.bz2                  :  font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3                   : --with-fontrootdir=$PREFIX_DIR/share/fonts/X11
 font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.3.tar.bz2                 :  font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.3                  : --with-fontrootdir=$PREFIX_DIR/share/fonts/X11