diff --git a/gdal.be0 b/gdal.be0
index 7b88bcdf0..793d0aa32 100755
--- a/gdal.be0
+++ b/gdal.be0
@@ -53,20 +53,35 @@ build_in_sourcedir
 #    bee_patch "${@}"
 #}
 
+export CXXFLAGS='-fPIC -O2'
+export CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2'
+
 mee_configure() {
-    #bee_configure
     # some other packages expect /usr/include/gdal - its a mess anyway, we dont want it in /usr/include
-    ./configure --prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include/gdal
+    bee_configure --includedir=/usr/include/gdal --enable-shared=no
 }
 
 #mee_build() {
 #    bee_build
 #}
 
-#mee_install() {
-#    bee_install
-#}
-## by default this may be 'make install DESTDIR="${D}"'
+# Install the whole package (incl. useless binaries, icons, bash completion, ...) in a
+# temporary location:
+mee_install() {
+    make install DESTDIR=${D}/cruft
+}
+
+mee_install_post() {
+    mkdir -p ${D}/usr/bin
+    mv    --verbose ${D}/cruft/usr/bin/gdal-config ${D}/usr/bin
+    mv    --verbose ${D}/cruft/usr/include ${D}/usr
+    rmdir --verbose ${D}/cruft/usr/lib/gdalplugins
+    mv    --verbose ${D}/cruft/usr/lib ${D}/usr
+
+    # Remove cruft:
+    rm -rf ${D}/cruft
+}
+
 
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 ##