diff -Naur dtc-1.4.4/Makefile newdtc/Makefile
--- dtc-1.4.4/Makefile	2017-03-09 18:17:23.000000000 -0600
+++ newdtc/Makefile	2017-06-05 11:26:46.093781900 -0500
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 CPPFLAGS = -I libfdt -I .
 WARNINGS = -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wnested-externs \
 	-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wshadow
-CFLAGS = -g -Os -fPIC -Werror $(WARNINGS)
+CFLAGS = -g -Os -Werror $(WARNINGS)
 
 BISON = bison
 LEX = flex
@@ -31,14 +31,19 @@
 INCLUDEDIR = $(PREFIX)/include
 
 HOSTOS := $(shell uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | \
-	    sed -e 's/\(cygwin\).*/cygwin/')
+	    sed -e 's/\(cygwin|msys\).*/\1/')
+
+ifneq ($(HOSTOS),$(filter $(HOSTOS),msys cygwin))
+COMPILE_OPTIONS += -fPIC
+SHAREDLIB_LINK_OPTIONS += -fPIC
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(HOSTOS),darwin)
 SHAREDLIB_EXT=dylib
-SHAREDLIB_LINK_OPTIONS=-dynamiclib -Wl,-install_name -Wl,
+SHAREDLIB_LINK_OPTIONS+=-dynamiclib -Wl,-install_name -Wl,
 else
 SHAREDLIB_EXT=so
-SHAREDLIB_LINK_OPTIONS=-shared -Wl,--version-script=$(LIBFDT_version) -Wl,-soname,
+SHAREDLIB_LINK_OPTIONS+=-shared -Wl,--version-script=$(LIBFDT_version) -Wl,-soname,
 endif
 
 #
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@
 
 %.o: %.c
 	@$(VECHO) CC $@
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 %.o: %.S
 	@$(VECHO) AS $@
@@ -279,7 +284,7 @@
 
 %.s:	%.c
 	@$(VECHO) CC -S $@
-	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -S $<
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) -o $@ -S $<
 
 %.a:
 	@$(VECHO) AR $@
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@
 
 $(LIBFDT_lib):
 	@$(VECHO) LD $@
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC $(SHAREDLIB_LINK_OPTIONS)$(LIBFDT_soname) -o $(LIBFDT_lib) $^
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(SHAREDLIB_LINK_OPTIONS)$(LIBFDT_soname) -o $(LIBFDT_lib) $^
 
 %.lex.c: %.l
 	@$(VECHO) LEX $@