http://code.google.com/p/stressapptest/issues/detail?id=26

--- a/src/os.cc
+++ b/src/os.cc
@@ -149,7 +149,16 @@ void OsLayer::GetFeatures() {
   // http://www.sandpile.org/ia32/cpuid.htm
   int ax, bx, cx, dx;
   __asm__ __volatile__ (
-      "cpuid": "=a" (ax), "=b" (bx), "=c" (cx), "=d" (dx) : "a" (1));
+# if defined(STRESSAPPTEST_CPU_I686) && defined(__PIC__)
+      "xchg %%ebx, %%esi;"
+      "cpuid;"
+      "xchg %%esi, %%ebx;"
+      : "=S" (bx),
+# else
+      "cpuid;"
+      : "=b" (bx),
+# endif
+        "=a" (ax), "=c" (cx), "=d" (dx) : "a" (1));
   has_clflush_ = (dx >> 19) & 1;
   has_sse2_ = (dx >> 26) & 1;
 
--- a/src/worker.cc
+++ b/src/worker.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,17 @@ namespace {
   inline int apicid(void) {
     int cpu;
 #if defined(STRESSAPPTEST_CPU_X86_64) || defined(STRESSAPPTEST_CPU_I686)
-    __asm __volatile("cpuid" : "=b" (cpu) : "a" (1) : "cx", "dx");
+    __asm__ __volatile__ (
+# if defined(STRESSAPPTEST_CPU_I686) && defined(__PIC__)
+        "xchg %%ebx, %%esi;"
+        "cpuid;"
+        "xchg %%esi, %%ebx;"
+        : "=S" (cpu)
+# else
+        "cpuid;"
+        : "=b" (cpu)
+# endif
+        : "a" (1) : "cx", "dx");
 #elif defined(STRESSAPPTEST_CPU_ARMV7A)
   #warning "Unsupported CPU type ARMV7A: unable to determine core ID."
     cpu = 0;