diff --git a/xz.spec b/xz.spec
index 17361f1..57168b0 100644
--- a/xz.spec
+++ b/xz.spec
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ Static library for the LZMA library
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%global optflags    %{optflags} -D_REENTRANT -pipe
-export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"
+%global optflags    %{optflags} -D_REENTRANT -pipe -fPIE
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now -pie"
 %if %{do_profiling}
 profiledir=$(mktemp -d)
 trap "rm -rf $profiledir" EXIT