diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 99cb8f64ce49e2cbc90e49bd8eedfeb0a3e438c2..aff7bf955a89eb61fac43470fcfb6d7cc8b44285 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ FILE(GLOB HEADERS ../../include/transport/*.h)
 # SOURCE_GROUP(headers FILES ${HEADERS})
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(transport SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC})
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-fPIC)
 
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport -lSwiften -lresolv -lidn -lz -lpthread -lexpat -lidn -lboost_date_time -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options -lboost_regex -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_signals -lz -lssl -lcrypto -lexpat -lresolv -lc -lxml2 -export-dynamic)