diff --git a/OpenIPMI.spec b/OpenIPMI.spec
index 8e4b9c0..206b982 100644
--- a/OpenIPMI.spec
+++ b/OpenIPMI.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ done
 popd
 
 %build
+export CFLAGS=-fPIC
 %configure --with-pythoninstall=%{python_sitearch}
 sed -i 's|^sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib|sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/%{_lib} %{_libdir}|' libtool
 sed -i 's| -rpath \$(libdir)\( \$(libOpenIPMIposix_la_LDFLAGS)\)|\1|' unix/Makefile