diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 20555bc..003c3a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ set( CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON )
 find_package( Threads )
 
 
+##
+# Build with -fPIC
+##
+mark_as_advanced( BUILD_FPIC )
+set( BUILD_FPIC true CACHE BOOL "Generate position-independent code (-fPIC)" )
+if( BUILD_FPIC )
+    set(BUILD_FPIC_FLAG "-fPIC")
+endif( BUILD_FPIC )
 
 ##
 # AFFINITY_CUSTOM_NAMESPACE - set to true if you want
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b4c49c6..698476b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
   target_link_libraries( affinity PUBLIC ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} )
 endif()
 
+target_compile_options( affinity
+                        PUBLIC
+                        ${BUILD_FPIC_FLAG} )
+
 install( TARGETS affinity
          ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib )