diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d3665cd..a4ebbdd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_MTUNE_NATIVE)
   set(MTUNE_FLAG "-mtune=native")
 endif()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -DNDEBUG ${MARCH_FLAG} ${MTUNE_FLAG}")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-O3 -g -DNDEBUG ${MARCH_FLAG} ${MTUNE_FLAG}")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
+    "-O3 -g -DNDEBUG ${MARCH_FLAG} ${MTUNE_FLAG}")
 set(gcc_like_cxx "$<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:CXX,ARMClang,AppleClang,Clang,GNU,LCC>")
 add_library(compiler_flags INTERFACE)
 target_compile_features(compiler_flags INTERFACE cxx_std_14)
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ target_compile_options(
   compiler_flags
   INTERFACE "$<${gcc_like_cxx}:-Wall;-Wextra;-Wshadow;-Wformat=2;-Wunused>")
 
+# position idependent code
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 # installation rpath setup
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")