diff --git a/laszip.changes b/laszip.changes
index 6d51b0b..f7e0f42 100644
--- a/laszip.changes
+++ b/laszip.changes
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Wed Jul 10 18:51:45 UTC 2019 - Dirk Stoecker <opensuse@dstoecker.de>
   * fix for LASzip v4 decompression of WavePacket part of PRDF 9 and 10
   * upped to 3.2 r9 for bug fix in multi-channel NIR decompression
   * fix for v4 decompression of WavePacket part of PRDF 9 and 10
+- build fix: use -fPIC instead of -fPIE for library
 
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 Tue Feb 19 06:51:01 UTC 2019 - Bruno Friedmann <bruno@ioda-net.ch>
diff --git a/laszip.spec b/laszip.spec
index 7fe48d1..549f077 100644
--- a/laszip.spec
+++ b/laszip.spec
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ data.
 %build
 # laszip need dlopen,dlsym,dlclose
 %cmake \
-    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIE -pie" \
-    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIE -pie" \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIE -pie" \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIE -pie" \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC" \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC" \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC" \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC" \
     -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--no-as-needed -ldl"
 
 make V=1 %{?_smp_mflags}