--- src/external/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2016-02-14 00:01:30 UTC
+++ src/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ FIND_PACKAGE(CPPTest REQUIRED)
 SET( CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${LIBXML2_INSTALL_DIR} ${ORIG_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} )
 FIND_PACKAGE(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
 
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
+SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
+
 IF( NOT VSP_NO_GRAPHICS )
 	SET( CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${FLTK_INSTALL_DIR} ${ORIG_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} )
 	FIND_PACKAGE(FLTK REQUIRED)