diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a866c34..975a0f6a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ if(MSVC)
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "CYGWIN" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "MSYS")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS ON)
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@ option(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED "Build shared library" OFF)
 # precompiled headers option
 option(SPDLOG_ENABLE_PCH "Build static or shared library using precompiled header to speed up compilation time" OFF)
 
+# build position independent code
+option(SPDLOG_BUILD_PIC "Build position independent code (-fPIC)" OFF)
+
 # example options
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE "Build example" ${SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT})
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO "Build header only example" OFF)
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ if(SPDLOG_TIDY)
     message(STATUS "Enabled clang-tidy")
 endif()
 
+if(SPDLOG_BUILD_PIC)
+    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif()
+
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 message(STATUS "Build type: " ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------