diff --git a/xmlrpc-c.spec b/xmlrpc-c.spec
index 263b7c4..efac5da 100644
--- a/xmlrpc-c.spec
+++ b/xmlrpc-c.spec
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Authors:
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fPIC"
 ./configure --prefix=%_prefix \
 		--libdir=%_libdir \
                 --sysconfdir=%_sysconfdir\