diff --git a/core/logging.c b/core/logging.c
index b9a22413..912ed6ed 100644
--- a/core/logging.c
+++ b/core/logging.c
@@ -623,6 +623,15 @@ void uwsgi_logit_simple(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
 
 	rlen = snprintf(logpkt, 4096, "[pid: %d|app: %d|req: %d/%llu] %.*s (%.*s) {%d vars in %d bytes} [%.*s] %.*s %.*s => generated %llu bytes in %llu %s%s(%.*s %d) %d headers in %llu bytes (%d switches on core %d)\n", (int) uwsgi.mypid, wsgi_req->app_id, app_req, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[0].requests, wsgi_req->remote_addr_len, wsgi_req->remote_addr, wsgi_req->remote_user_len, wsgi_req->remote_user, wsgi_req->var_cnt, wsgi_req->uh.pktsize, 24, time_request, wsgi_req->method_len, wsgi_req->method, wsgi_req->uri_len, wsgi_req->uri, (unsigned long long) wsgi_req->response_size, (unsigned long long) rt, tsize, via, wsgi_req->protocol_len, wsgi_req->protocol, wsgi_req->status, wsgi_req->header_cnt, (unsigned long long) wsgi_req->headers_size, wsgi_req->switches, wsgi_req->async_id);
 
+	// not enough space for logging the request, just log a (safe) minimal message
+	if (rlen > 4096) {
+		rlen = snprintf(logpkt, 4096, "[pid: %d|app: %d|req: %d/%llu] 0.0.0.0 () {%d vars in %d bytes} [%.*s] - - => generated %llu bytes in %llu %s%s(- %d) %d headers in %llu bytes (%d switches on core %d)\n", (int) uwsgi.mypid, wsgi_req->app_id, app_req, (unsigned long long) uwsgi.workers[0].requests, wsgi_req->var_cnt, wsgi_req->uh.pktsize, 24, time_request, (unsigned long long) wsgi_req->response_size, (unsigned long long) rt, tsize, via, wsgi_req->status, wsgi_req->header_cnt, (unsigned long long) wsgi_req->headers_size, wsgi_req->switches, wsgi_req->async_id);
+		// argh, last resort, truncate it
+		if (rlen > 4096) {
+			rlen = 4096;
+		}
+	}
+
 	logvec[logvecpos].iov_base = logpkt;
 	logvec[logvecpos].iov_len = rlen;
 
diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index 54b47dbf..e33d35dc 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ class uConf(object):
         if self.get('as_shared_library'):
             self.ldflags.append('-shared')
             self.ldflags.append('-fPIC')
+            self.cflags.append('-fPIC')
             self.cflags.append('-DUWSGI_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY')
             if uwsgi_os == 'Darwin':
                 self.ldflags.append('-dynamiclib')