diff --git a/igraph.be0 b/igraph.be0
index 5180f31b7..3be7fb28e 100755
--- a/igraph.be0
+++ b/igraph.be0
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 SRCURL[0]="https://github.com/igraph/igraph/releases/download/${PKGVERSION}/igraph-${PKGVERSION}.tar.gz"
 
+export CFLAGS='-fPIC -O2'
+
 ###############################################################################
 ## Add URLs/pathes to patch files to the PATCHURL array.
 ## The sources will be patched in the order of the array.
@@ -47,9 +49,9 @@ build_in_sourcedir
 #    bee_patch "${@}"
 #}
 
-#mee_configure() {
-#    bee_configure
-#}
+mee_configure() {
+    bee_configure --enable-shared=no
+}
 
 #mee_build() {
 #    bee_build