diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index afd950191672ee399298b61cd2667734373c2794..18ab49dbc6ead9500d3bef7b4251623640fe3581 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project(falkolib)
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 add_definitions(-std=c++0x)   # Enabling c++11
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
 SET(falkolib_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${falkolib_SOURCE_DIR}/bin CACHE PATH "Target for the binaries")
 SET(falkolib_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${falkolib_SOURCE_DIR}/lib CACHE PATH "Target for the libraries")