diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 35ea343..6441214 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ option(YAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS     "Enable yaml-cpp tests"
 option(YAML_CPP_INSTALL         "Enable generation of yaml-cpp install targets"         OFF)
 option(YAML_MSVC_SHARED_RT      "MSVC: Build yaml-cpp with shared runtime libs (/MD)"   OFF)
 
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(yaml-cpp-type STATIC)
 set(yaml-cpp-label-postfix "static")
 if (YAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)