diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index b951b5e..8bff5e7 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -Ic_src/ -g -Wall $FLTO_FLAG -Werror -O3"},
 
     {"(linux|solaris|freebsd|netbsd|openbsd|dragonfly|darwin|gnu)",
-        "LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS $FLTO_FLAG -lstdc++"},
+        "LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS $FLTO_FLAG -lstdc++ -fPIC"},
 
     %% OS X Leopard flags for 64-bit
     {"darwin9.*-64$", "CXXFLAGS", "-m64"},