diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 96e5b2f..8a9bd1f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -737,6 +737,9 @@ if (EMSCRIPTEN)
 else ()
   # Standard Draco libs, encoder and decoder.
   # Object collections that mirror the Draco directory structure.
+  if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+  endif()
   add_library(draco_attributes OBJECT ${draco_attributes_sources})
   add_library(draco_compression_attributes_dec OBJECT
               ${draco_compression_attributes_dec_sources})