diff --git a/apps/cloud_composer/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/cloud_composer/CMakeLists.txt
index 47668e169a4..3b14d78b735 100644
--- a/apps/cloud_composer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/cloud_composer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ set(PCL_LIB_TYPE_ORIGIN ${PCL_LIB_TYPE})
 set(PCL_LIB_TYPE STATIC)
 
 PCL_ADD_LIBRARY(pcl_cc_tool_interface COMPONENT ${SUBSUBSYS_NAME} SOURCES ${INTERFACE_HEADERS} ${INTERFACE_SOURCES})
-
+if(PCL_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set_target_properties(pcl_cc_tool_interface PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(pcl_cc_tool_interface pcl_common pcl_features pcl_filters pcl_search pcl_visualization ${QTX}::Widgets)