diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 5aaf468..54df19d 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ depends.mk: *.cc
 -include depends.mk
 
 %.o: %.cc ../include/crucible/%.h
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -fPIC -o $@ -c $<
 
 libcrucible.so: $(OBJS) Makefile
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -luuid
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC -o $@ $(OBJS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -luuid
diff --git a/makeflags b/makeflags
index f5983cb..de4a66f 100644
--- a/makeflags
+++ b/makeflags
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CCFLAGS  = -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O3 -march=native -I../include -ggdb -fpic -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+CCFLAGS  = -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O3 -march=native -I../include -ggdb -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 # CCFLAGS  = -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O0 -I../include -ggdb -fpic -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 CFLAGS   = $(CCFLAGS) -std=c99
 CXXFLAGS = $(CCFLAGS) -std=c++11 -Wold-style-cast